November 2015 Running Challenge
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@ddmom0811 I tried to do the holiday streak last year but didn't stick to it. Was in a bad way any how. But I'd love to join in this year!
Count me in!! I will have to walk the first half of Dec though, until I have the all the clear to run, if that's okay? I will aim to walk/run 2km every day
Of course! Anything you want to do is fine! I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to do it. Especially on the days I bike. Although, there is a tightness after biking that a mile run would probably shake out.
Nov 1 - rest
Nov 2 - 3.2
Nov 3 - 4.3
Nov 4 - strength training
Nov 5 - rest
Nov 6 - 5.0 Had to loop in front of house to hit 5 exactly.
Nov 7 - 5.0 in daylight!
Nov 8 - 6.0 in daylight, but too darn hot and humid.
Nov 9 - rest day.
Nov 10 - 4.7 miles
Nov 11 - strength training
Nov 12 - 5.33 miles
Nov 13 - 4.04 miles + strength training
Nov 14 - 34 mile bike ride
Nov 15 - 40 mile bike ride
Nov 16 - 4.3 miles
Nov 17 - rest day.
Fantastic. I think I'll adjust to include my bike miles too.0 -
1-0 miles
2-3.72 miles
3-4.86 miles-I think. Phone restarted during my run
4-rest day
5-sick day. was supposed to do another 4.5 but I have a hacking cough that makes breathing hard. Head colds I can run with; chest colds, not so much
6-rest day.
7-sick
8-sick
9-3.2 miles, still sick but couldn't stand it any more
10-5.28 miles. a little slow but I'm still sick. so slow is fine
11-yoga day
12-5.22 fastest day yet
13-yoga day
14-9.56 awesome miles
15-rest day
16-3.77-this one felt awful, i wanted to quit after mile 1. plus yoga and strength
17-4.99 felt better than yesterday
upcoming race: 8k turkey trot with cinnamon buns at the end
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I've adjusted my target to include bike miles also.
1= 34 miles bike & 5 walk = 39
2= walk 5
3= bike 16, run 3 and walk 2
4= long walk 9
5= run 3 and walk 2
6= walk 3 and bike 14
7= bike 32
8= walk 2
9= planned to go, but got lazy!
10= run 3, walk 2 and bike 13
11= walk 11 and bike 14
12= walk 2 (in a storm!) and run 4
13= bike 17 .
14= walk 2 .
15= bike 36
16= bike 26 Total to date = 260 miles
monthly target = 400 miles
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11/1 - rest day / Halloween Hangover
11/2 - 5.25 miles, 55° at 5:30 a.m. in Iowa! Nuts, but I love it!
11/3 - 4 miles on indoor track followed by weights / abs. After running mostly outside for six months, you can run pretty fast on a flat, indoor surface.
11/4 - 5.1 miles, again about 55° at 5:00 a.m. Getting spoiled by the weather!
11/5 - woke up with some major heel pain...a touch of plantar fasciitis perhaps. Decided to take my rest day early and try again tomorrow.
11/6 - 4 miles on indoor track + weights / abs. Heel feeling better, but not completely pain free.
11/7 - 6 miles on a gorgeous morning!
11/8 - 4 miles on another gorgeous day! Tried to get my daughter to come with, but she just wanted to walk...so I did that first.
11/9 - 4 miles on indoor track, followed by lots of stretching
11/10 - Rest Day.
11/11 - 4 miles on indoor track, then weights and abs.
11/12 - 5.1 miles on treadmill (Trek class)...always seems to be the most difficult run of the week.
11/13 - Unplanned rest day due to catastrophic appliance failure in my home
11/14 - 6.2 chilly but lovely miles in DSM...running out of these kinds of days I am afraid.
11/15 - 4.7 beautiful miles around my neighborhood...lots of stinky female gingko trees
11/16 - planned rest day
11/17 - 4 miles on indoor track, with weights and abs after (soggy, rainy day here...definitely November)
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So, I would say I am 90% recovered. Woo! However, I don't think I will run until next week following the conversation I had with my wife yesterday which went a little something like this:
her: why are you dancing in the middle of the kitchen?
me: I think my foot's better!
her: that's brilliant, you are going to be careful right?
me: yeah, of course, I won't run until tomorrow at least
her: *with her hands on her hips* do you like being married?
me: *stroking my beard sagely* yes, it is a great idea of mine to follow my rehab plan and not run until the weekend at least
her: *rolling her eyes* yes, darling....0 -
So, I would say I am 90% recovered. Woo! However, I don't think I will run until next week following the conversation I had with my wife yesterday which went a little something like this:
her: why are you dancing in the middle of the kitchen?
me: I think my foot's better!
her: that's brilliant, you are going to be careful right?
me: yeah, of course, I won't run until tomorrow at least
her: *with her hands on her hips* do you like being married?
me: *stroking my beard sagely* yes, it is a great idea of mine to follow my rehab plan and not run until the weekend at least
her: *rolling her eyes* yes, darling....
you, sir, have a wise wife0 -
So, I would say I am 90% recovered. Woo! However, I don't think I will run until next week following the conversation I had with my wife yesterday which went a little something like this:
her: why are you dancing in the middle of the kitchen?
me: I think my foot's better!
her: that's brilliant, you are going to be careful right?
me: yeah, of course, I won't run until tomorrow at least
her: *with her hands on her hips* do you like being married?
me: *stroking my beard sagely* yes, it is a great idea of mine to follow my rehab plan and not run until the weekend at least
her: *rolling her eyes* yes, darling....
you, sir, have a wise wife
Aye, sometimes I need to be saved from myself.
It makes no sense to trade a short term benefit (running a little sooner) for a long term loss ( greater likelihood of a recurrent or chronic injury.)
I am chomping at the bit to get my trainers on though. Le sigh.0 -
So, I would say I am 90% recovered. Woo! However, I don't think I will run until next week following the conversation I had with my wife yesterday which went a little something like this:
her: why are you dancing in the middle of the kitchen?
me: I think my foot's better!
her: that's brilliant, you are going to be careful right?
me: yeah, of course, I won't run until tomorrow at least
her: *with her hands on her hips* do you like being married?
me: *stroking my beard sagely* yes, it is a great idea of mine to follow my rehab plan and not run until the weekend at least
her: *rolling her eyes* yes, darling....
Similar to what happened to me:
her: how is the leg?
me: I think it's better
her: good, you are going to be careful right?
me: of course, if I feel something wrong I'll slow down tomorrow
and then I didn't pay attention anymore, someone looked annoyed and I had the impression was talking to me, but I was probably wrong, I evacuated the room just in case 0 -
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3.15 miles last night. A little behind schedule, but sticking with it!0 -
I got 5.3 miles in last night on a cool, windy and misty night. It felt great to be back on track! Two peaceful laps around the local pond. I was anxious to see how my stamina had dropped after 2 weeks off and it wasn't too bad. According to one article I read I could expect about a 6% drop in VO2 though it felt like a bit more.
I don't have my month total with me but I'm fairly certain that I won't be making my target.0 -
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »@9voice9 so are you not running the HM because of what your time might be? You need to start somewhere
No, I'm not running the HM because I know I'm not quite ready for it (mentally, more than physically - I'm prob putting in enough miles that I could do it, especially since it's about 6-8 weeks away). My main point was that I'm pretty sure that, given my current frame of mind, I really balk at the idea of doing more than a HM at any point.
I know enough already to know that if the mind isn't ready for it, the body doesn't matter.0 -
Date Miles today. Miles for November
11/1 REST DAY
11/2 10 miles - 10
11/3 11 miles - 21
11/4 4 miles - 25 << Recovery Day
11/5 11 miles - 36 << Threshold Day
11/6 6.2 miles - 42.2 << Recovery Day
11/7 15 miles - 57.2 << Long Run (1 week till Huntsville Half)
11/8 REST DAY
11/9 REST DAY
11/10 7 miles - 64.2 << Brueggers taper run (.5 w/u, 2.5 ~ghmp, 4 easy)
11/11 4.1 miles 68.3 << Easy taper run in my neighborhood.
11/12 5 miles 73.3 << PPounders taper run (all easy paced)
11/13 REST DAY
11/14 1 miles 74.3 <<< Warm-up before 1/2
11/14 13.1 miles - 87.4 << Huntsville Half marathon (1:39:38)
11/15 REST DAY
11/16 5.5 miles - 92.9
11/17 10.5 miles - 103.4
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I'm in.... Goal is 155 and I'm at 77.07 before my lunch run.
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I got 5.3 miles in last night on a cool, windy and misty night. It felt great to be back on track! Two peaceful laps around the local pond. I was anxious to see how my stamina had dropped after 2 weeks off and it wasn't too bad. According to one article I read I could expect about a 6% drop in VO2 though it felt like a bit more.
I don't have my month total with me but I'm fairly certain that I won't be making my target.
Interesting study by Dr. Jack Daniels who biopsied the muscles of lots of athletes that had long term rest.
It can be confusing but what he is saying is that certain things in your fitness "phsiological cellular things", don't go away that fast. Which I think is the most important thing. That means all the work that you did to make your muscles strong, your bones, your tendons, ect... They take a long time to develop and they take a long time to deteriate.
Now your breathing and heart related things, they do go away fast, but as he says in the video, they come back fast as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TWzC0KA6uo
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Question for the snow/outdoors no matter the weather runners...what do you do or use to keep yourself upright in the snow/bad ground conditions? I absolutely dread the idea of having to bring it indoors because of the snow and ice. But we just had a snowfall that was deep enough to give me a snow day off work. I'm supposed to walk today, run tomorrow. So I'm planning for tomorrow. What do I do to get to stay outside??0
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Question for the snow/outdoors no matter the weather runners...what do you do or use to keep yourself upright in the snow/bad ground conditions? I absolutely dread the idea of having to bring it indoors because of the snow and ice. But we just had a snowfall that was deep enough to give me a snow day off work. I'm supposed to walk today, run tomorrow. So I'm planning for tomorrow. What do I do to get to stay outside??
Layers. When it is really cold out, I have a pair of base layers underneath everything else.
http://airsed.com/shop/Tek-Gear-Base-Layer-Performance-Tee-Big-amp-Tall-Size-3XL-TALL-Red-
https://wanelo.com/p/15212821/tek-gear-performance-base-layer-pants
In case there is snow and ice, there are a couple of options:
1) Yaktrax: https://www.yaktrax.com/product/run
2) Homemade screw shoes from an old retired shoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE6sXRwIALc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us82woC7RMM
A video in general about winter running dress:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eC5toC0vms
^^^ Don't be a Mo Ron! ^^^^ lol0 -
This guy is a bad@$$
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8xAsVp42Oc
Even bigger Bad@$$
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDLorXfkao 0 -
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/bangkok-half-marathon-worlds-longest-u-turn-17-mile-race
Still traveling to get home, but though you all would enjoy this link DS sent me...
I just saw this on TV, too funny! Get new measuring tape ha ha During the HM someone was telling me about a guy who signed up for a HM but took a wrong turn and didn't realize he was running a full. I said you gotta wonder what he was thinking at mile 16...18...19....22...23..26 what the heck people.
I think the reason I hated the streak was a felt like I HAD to run instead of WANTING to run.
My head cold moved to be a chest cold so I'm taking a rest day.
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Winter running for women:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9-K-MwF_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVfMIzh5Bk
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Winter running for women:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9-K-MwF_Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVfMIzh5Bk
This is SO SO helpful - thanks!0 -
Nov 3 - 4.73 walking
Nov 5 - 7.00
Nov 6 - yoga and stretches
Nov 7 - family time
Nov 8 - family time
Nov 9 - 3.2
Nov 10 - 4.59
Nov 12 - 5.15 (3 run, 2.15 walk)
Nov 13 - 3.27 walk
Nov 15 - 5 - took our Shiatzu mix out on my run this morning. I was pleasantly surprised she never slowed down.
Nov 16 - household chores
Nov 17 - 4.84
Upcoming races
Nov 21 - Wumble Rumble, Lodi Lake 5K
Dec 5 - Runkeeper Global Virtual 5K
Dec 19 - Santa Run 5K Sacramento CA
Jan ?
Feb 6 2016 Tiny Smiles 10K Galt CA
Mar ?
Apr ?
May ?
June 2016 See Jane Run HM - My 1yr BMT anniversary. I'm scared, nervous and happy.0 -
SconnieCat wrote: »Winter running for women:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9-K-MwF_Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVfMIzh5Bk
This is SO SO helpful - thanks!
Second!
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I forced myself to run today even though I was dreading it. The weather plus getting antsy about my upcoming vacation is leaving me feeling unmotivated this week. I had a great run, though, and feel significantly better than before I went. It always seems to come through for me when I need it!
I'm really going to have to find ways to get more miles in if I want to meet my target. I don't really know what I was thinking - I increased my goal this month by 20 miles knowing I was going to be in Mexico for a week. I think I did it in a moment of heightened motivation. Hopefully a few extra 5ks here and there should do it.
Hope everyone is having a great week so far!
11/01: 6.19
11/03: 4.7
11/05: 3.7
11/09: 5.45
11/11: 6.56
11/14: 7.02
11/17: 5.08
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Holy guacamole! 93 new posts! I'm going to post my update and then go back to read all y'all's wonderful posts.
11/1 3.1 @ 11:15 outside in the neighborhood in the rain
11/2 rest
11/3 5.0 @ 10:59 on the treadmill (plus a 1 mile walk and strength training)
11/4 8.2 @ really really slow (16:04) riking (run-hiking, steep, covered with inches of leaves and treacherous fun)
11/5 4.0 @ 12:30 recovery run plus .5 walk on the park trail
11/6 3.25 @ 10:53 on the treadmill (really 3.0 at 10:28, plus .25 at a walk) plus strength training.
11/7 Rest/Life Day
11/8 Rest/Life Day
11/9 5.5 @ 12:30 on the park trail with the doggy--who really enjoyed rolling around in the leaves!
11/10 2.5 @ 11:38 (really 2.25 at 11:07 and a .25 walk) around the neighborhood in the rain.
11/11 6 @ 11:32 on the treadmill (really 5 at 11:00 and 1 at a fast walk/jog) plus strength training
11/12 7 @ 11:45 (this is really like 5 at 10:50 and the rest a little slower), plus 1 at a walk on the treadmill. I am in some pain...yesterday was squats and lunges and this may have been a little aggressive of a run for right after.
On the other hand, I did get to watch the entirety of "Bring It On". Where are my pompoms?!
11/13 2 @ 13ish walk/running the dog for my recovery run.
11/14 Rest day
11/15 4.5 @ 11:18 in the neighborhood--it was a gorgeous day for a run!
11/16 5.0 @ 10:51 around the lake trail--my fastest outdoor run yet, in spite of a slow start. The 4th mile split was 9:44!!!!!!!OMG!!!
11/17 3.5 @ 10:32 (really 3 @ 10:17 and .5 at 12:00) on the treadmill, and strength training
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11/1: 22 miles LR
11/2: 5 miles recovery style
11/3: XT: 15 miles indoor bike
11/4: 10 miles
11/5: 7 miles tempo run (am), 7.2 with the Thursday crew (pm)
11/6: Rest day
11/7: 6 miles
11/8: 15 miles - partly with group, partly solo
11/9: 5 miles
11/10: XT: 30 mins yoga
11/ 11: 6 miles
11/12: 4 miles (am), 3 miles with the Thursday crew (pm)
11/13: Rest day
11/14: 6.3 miles inlcuding 5k race and new PR! 22:16!
11/15: 10 miles
11/16: 4 miles
11/17: Rest
I'd normally cross-train on the bike today, but I am just swamped with school work to catch up and get ahead before marathon weekend, and since I can't take notes and bike at the same time... seminar readings it is.
Roller coaster of emotions today. Woke up at my marathon forecast was cold, wind and 60% rain. Now it's down to a 10% chance of rain, but still much colder than I'd like. Fingers crossed it warms up! And yes, I am checking Sunday's forecast on an hourly basis and will continue to do so until the race starts. I know I've put in the work, and I want good weather so I can do a happy victory lap rather than a soggy one!
110.5/150
Upcoming races:
11/22: Philadelphia Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
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November goal— somewhere between 100 and 140 km
11/3—5 km
11/5—5.2 km
11/8—10.46 km
11/10—5.05 km
11/11—5.39 km
11/14—21.60 km
11/18—4.93 km
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