November 2015 Running Challenge

November goal 75 miles


11/1 4.42
11/2 rest
11/3 3.18
11/4 9.47
11/5 rest
11/6 3.25
11/7 6.25: 1st (and last ) in my age group!
11/8 redeye to mainland (but 5+ miles walking on the Strip....)
11/9 travel vegas to phoenix.....jetlagged
11/10 5 in the desert: I ain't in the rainforest anymore, Toto! (as I wipe my bloody nose and wet my dry lips...)
11/11 4.21
11/12 travel
11/13 walking in vegas
11/14 HURT MY BACK!
11/15 13.45 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon.
11/16 travel
11/17 3.21
11/18 3.34
11/19 rest
11/20 3.47
11/21 3.5
11/22 5


Total 67.75
@kristinegift : all that and a PR too! Well done!

Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon

Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:

@shanaber - congrads on the HM
@kristinegift - sorry to hear that your body didn't agree with your race plan - still good to PR. Given you otherwise seem to be in good shape, are you considering adding a winter marathon? Although Disney is finally sold out, Houston is pretty popular (1/17) and I definitely would recommend a great smaller marathon in my neighborhood (Clearwater Distance Classic) if you are looking for a warmer weather winter race and boston qualifier.

With weekend guests visiting for a mixed rowing/crew + running duathlon, I tagged along and decided to just register for the 5K section by itself as I'm not much of a rower. Still, as 99% of the participants were rowing, the 5k solo division consisted of me, a young kid, and no official mid-course turnaround sign. 4 miles after starting I made it across the finish line (ahead of the kid) to a confused race announcer who didn't think I was in the race as most participants were part of a rowing club, and sporting crew gear. Regardless, my watch was under 21 minutes when I passed the 5k mark, so I'll call it a PR for now, but have another 5k in 2 weeks that I'll be able to redeem myself at. Otherwise, tonight's 16 mile long run felt pretty comfortable, as my knees didn't start getting sore until the last 2 miles.

11/1 - 4 miles
11/2 - 4 miles
11/3 - 9 miles
11/4 - 6 miles
11/6 - 2 miles
11/8 - 6.2 miles
11/9 - 4 miles
11/10 - 11 miles
11/11 - 5 miles
11/12 - 11 miles
11/14 - 3 miles
11/15 - 15 miles (w. 1:32:46 LV half marathon)
11/17 - 7 miles
11/18 - 4 miles
11/19 - 8 miles
11/21 - 4 miles
11/22 - 16 miles

Total: 119 miles
Target: 220 miles
Remaining: 101 miles

06/11 - 13.5 miles
07/11 - 10.3 km
08/11 - 22.2 miles
09/11 - 10.4 km
10/11 - 13.2 miles
11/11 - 13.4 miles
12/11 - 10.4 km
13/11 - 11.1 km
14/11 - 10.3 km
15/11 - 16.2 miles
16/11 - 10.4 km
17/11 - 13.2 miles
18/11 - 13.5 miles
19/11 - 10.4 km
20/11 - 13.5 miles
21/11 - 12.2 km
22/11 - 30.6 km
23/11 - 10.4 km

Nice long week end for me

Friday I managed to go to the park and complete my toughest HM of the week - was off so left at 730, what a difference from 430! no wonder why I hurt my leg, the ground was terrible - leg was still painful but ok while running

but by end of the day I was in agony, it never hurt so much as on Friday evening, and I thought - that's it.

after walking up with no pain - and I don't even comment, I still don't understand how can that be possible - I did a 12k exploratory run on Saturday. It was super super super windy, I run half way upwind, and while I was dreaming about finally coming back with a tornado behind my back, the wind changed of course direction!

then I decided to avoid the park for a while, I don't think it's time to rest, but I'm not crazy, so I want to avoid excessive hills and I want to run on as much roads as possible to help my leg healing. Did a 30k run, almost pain free, was really really really happy, it was nice to remember the feeling of running with no pain. only problem....-2C! my hands froze after 2 km, but we are almost in December and after loosing a lot of weight I'm always cold and my hands freeze even with 6C, so I need to suck it up (and of course I bought my 21342352354th pair of thermal gloves, that didn't work)
but no rude people, no loose dogs, no irregular ground, "only" 30k, it was nice

today 10k, -1C, road was frozen so I had to be very careful, I cannot take more antinflammatory now for a while so leg was a bit painful, but at least at the start of the run now I can bend it and it's something annoying rather than properly painful

Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.

Stoshew71 wrote: »

kristinegift wrote: »

11/22: 26.5 miles -- Philadelphia Marathon: PR 4:02:32

Counting the race as 26.5 because the course ran fairly long long. From the third mile marker and on, I was coming to the marker .25 or more after my watch buzzed. By the end of the race, this was torture, as the race did NOT go as planned.

Congratulations on your PR. Sorry you had hamstring problems and the cramping.
8:00/mi is what I am setting for my GMP now. It's not a BQ pace but it is what it is. I will try to BQ next year instead.

Did you run the tangents?

Tried to run the tangents! Everyone I talked to from my team said that from the start the mile markers seemed off. One of my teammates was a seeded runner -- so not much zig-zagging to be done in that corral! -- and she said the first mile marker was long. But an extra .3 over the course of 26.2 miles seems like run of the mill stuff. It was just tough mentally because I knew I'd have to run extra and I really didn't want to, lol.

Looking forward to hearing about your marathon in a couple weeks! Will an 8:00 pace still be a PR for you then?

shanaber wrote: »

Just a quick check in for me as I have been away all weekend, I will read through all the posts tomorrow.

I survived the HM and didn't get shuttled off (yea!)! I didn't PR and was off my entry time by 4 mins overall, but I am ok with it. I was doing fine (on pace to PR) until mile 10 and then I just died. By the last mile I was walking quite a bit - I literally had nothing left and my side, hamstrings and calves were aching. On the plus side I ran all the hills, even the monster at miles 2-3.
I can say looking at the results that I was way out of my league! These people are fast! There were 123 women in the 55-59 division and I came in at 101 and most of those 100 in front of me finished in well under 2 hours (wow!)!! The highlight for me was seeing Meb on the sidelines cheering us all on. Some runners even managed to stop and take a selfie with him. I realized too late or I would have too .

I'm sorry you didn't PR, but until mile 10 sounds like a good race! And that is so cool that Meb was there!! Also that medal is gorgeous

Ohhim wrote: »

@shanaber - congrads on the HM
@kristinegift - sorry to hear that your body didn't agree with your race plan - still good to PR. Given you otherwise seem to be in good shape, are you considering adding a winter marathon? Although Disney is finally sold out, Houston is pretty popular (1/17) and I definitely would recommend a great smaller marathon in my neighborhood (Clearwater Distance Classic) if you are looking for a warmer weather winter race and boston qualifier.

I thought about it for a hot minute after the race! (I wanted to at least do sub-3:45 in Philly to get guaranteed entry to Chicago next year.) But I really cannot afford to travel to a race (and Houston would be during finals here, because Princeton is weird). I think I will spend December and January rehabing this hamstring and doing some strength and cross-training before jumping back into marathon training again in late January/early Feb. I've got a May race picked that has about 40 feet of elevation gain and is a big BQ-er for New Jersians, so as long as I don't injure myself right before the race again, I think I'll definitely BQ there!

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

Unplanned rest day - headed to see my friend. Thank you for the prayers her hubby passed during the night. I dread telling Skip. Thankfully he's at peace now and no longer in pain.

I'm so sorry to hear that. My thoughts will be with you all.

11/1-Rest
11/2-Strength Training
11/3-5.0 miles
11/4-3.2 miles+ strength training
11/5-5.2 miles
11/6-4.5 miles +yoga
11/7-Nada
11/8-Another crappy day of nada
11/9-4.5 miles
11/10-5.1 miles+ strength training
11/11-4.4 miles
11/12-3.0 miles (dreadmill intervals @ 5K pace)
11/13-3.7 miles
11/14-5.0 miles
11/15-10.0 miles
11/16-Strength Training
11/17-5.6 miles
11/18-3.2 miles w/ Hubby
11/19-5.3 miles
11/20-Strength Training
11/21-5.4 miles
11/22-11.0 miles

Congrats to everyone who raced this weekend. Quite a bit has posted since I last checked in so I haven't had a chance yet to read about all of your awesomeness, but I know you all kicked butt!

@skippygirlsmom - Sorry for you and Skip's loss. Rough one.
@kristinegift - Congratulations! Way to push through!
@shanaber - Nice race! Cool to see Meb!

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)
11/18 - 5 miles before it started dumping cold rain again. Not sure why, but this was a GREAT run! Felt good, relaxed, enjoyed the damp, windy and warm-for-November weather. Runs like this are super!
11/19 - 5 miles on treadmill (Trek class)...lots of speed work
11/20 - 0. It appears I caught a cold from @skippygirlsmom Decided to take it easy to make sure I have the energy to deal with the 5-10" of snow coming our way this afternoon.
11/23 - 4 miles on indoor track, weights and abs after. Cannot remember the last time I went 3 days in a row without running. Totally lazy this weekend. Closest thing to a workout was shoveling the driveway for an hour on Saturday.