December 2015 Running Challenge
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And your point?GBrady43068 wrote: »Crazy busy last couple days…
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After a year of maintaining a stable weight, I stopped getting the comments that I shouldn't lose so much weight except from people who don't see me very often. People simply got used to the new me. Even non-runners got used to the new me, and stopped telling me I need to gain back some weight.
One night at the dinner table, after my wife told me I should stop losing weight...after I declined a second helping of whatever it was we were eating that night, my son had a good observation. He said, "Dad, you just need to stop losing weight long enough for us to get used to how you look now". At the time I had lost about 35 pounds in 4 months. It's not necessarily the weight you're at, but how much difference there is and how quick it changed.
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Enjoy the experience, you betcha! Kick butt, not likely. There were 269 guys in my age group who registered in the first tranch, meaning the ones who weren't legacy (10+ years running Boston) had to beat their BQ target by 20 minutes or more. I was in that group, but chances are it also contains many people faster than I am. I know a guy (in the age group I'm about to age out of) who beat his BQ target for Boston 2016 by 40 minutes, at Boston 2015 . . . and finished 30th in his age group.0 -
This is so true... I ditched MFP and cancelled my account six months ago, but I recently came back for the sole purpose of interacting on this thread and using it as a motivational tool to keep pushing my miles up....@Stoshew71 You've got the best, calmest, most supportive thread on the entire MFP site as far as I'm concerned.
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I love coming to this thread when I'm gearing up for a run, and particularly my Saturday parkrun.
It really helps get my mind in The Running Zone!
Ah, who am I kidding? I love coming to this thread every day!
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12/2 4 miles
12/6 6 miles
12/10 6 miles
12/11 3.5 miles
12/17 5 miles
12/18 3.5 miles
12/20 3.5 miles
12/21 3.5 miles0 -
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Well I have no idea why but my ticket is stuck, lol. I ran two miles yesterday so I'm at 31.3 with 13.7 left until my goal. Happy running to all.0
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12/3 - 3.2 miles
12/6 - 1.8 miles
12/7 - 4.1 miles
12/10 - 3.2 miles
12/14 - 5.0 miles
12/17 - 4.8 miles
12/19 - 4.6 miles
12/21 - 4.5 miles
Total 31.2 miles with 18.8 to go0 -
Goal – 100 km’s
01 – 5.76 km walk
02 – 2.34 km run
03 – 4.37 km walk – stage 2 melanoma
04 – 3.05 km walk
05 – 4.08 km walk
06 – 2.07 km walk
07 – 2.01 km walk
08 – 2.98 km walk
09 – 6.00 km run
09 – 2.96 km walk
10 – 2.19 km walk
11 – 2.11 km walk
12 – 5.13 km run
13 – 5.22 km walk
14 – 4.00 km walk
14 – 5.00 km run
15 – 2.20 km walk
16 – 10.04 km run
17 – 2.18 km walk
18 – 4.64 km walk
19 – 4.00 km run
19 – 2.45 km walk
20 – 7.30 km walk
20 – 4.10 km walk
21 – 2.50 km walk
21 – 5.00 km run – shins sore
22 – 5.70 km walk
Total – 109.38 km
Strava has just died on me.. GPS is not working at all. I even restarted my phone but had no luck. It counts how long I exercise for but tells me I am not moving and after I walked for 40 minutes, I tried saving the walk, hoping the GPS data would maybe appear but it told me it can’t save an activity when I didn’t do anything! The only way I know roughly how far I have walked is because I took a walk along a road I used to go along and know that it is 1km each way exactly (I did a few laps) I also managed to do a 2.7 walk this morning (which Strava DID record). Will try the Nike app tomorrow and see if that works.. Hoping it has nothing to do with the GPS on my phone!
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01/12 - 13.2 miles
02/12 - 13.6 miles
03/12 - 10.3 km
04/12 - 13.6 miles
05/12 - 10.4 km
06/12 - 20.8 miles
07/12 - 10.3 km
08/12 - 13.4 miles
09/12 - 13.6 miles
10/12 - 10.4 km
11/12 - 13.7 miles
12/12 - 10.4 km
13/12 - 21.1 miles
14/12 - 10.3 km
15/12 - 13.5 miles
16/12 - 13.6 miles
17/12 - 10.4 km
18/12 - 13.8 miles
19/12 - 10.4 km
20/12 - 21.2 miles
21/12 - 10.4 km
22/12 - 13.6 miles
tot 415/500
Super windy this morning but nice run under the rain, never lost my calm despite a 5km upwind and uphill.
And first injury, people were right in saying I am overdoing. While removing a glove I think I slightly chipped one of my front tooth...terrible I'll probably take 3 weeks off
Tomorrow last early early alarm of the year!
@MobyCarp you are right, people are not used to changes and when one happens the people refuse to see the positive side
@MorningGhost14 I'm a lonely wolf and in my ideal world no one can bother me. But in the real world there are unfortunately relationships. So the problem is not to care about comments, but to deal with them if they create problems at work\family.0 -
MorningGhost14 wrote: »
And your point?GBrady43068 wrote: »Crazy busy last couple days…
Please forgive me for this smart-assedness. I allowed Jim Beam to type for me and he left off the smiley face.0 -
12/8 3.00 miles @ 9.53 -- 22 miles remaining
12/16 2.00 miles @ 9.31 -- 20 miles remaining (I better kick up my efforts a bit)
12/21 3 miles on the elliptical -- 17 miles remaining (My shins are still hurting, so I'm taking it easy and trying to stay active at the same time)
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That is true. My problem is that I have been a divorce attorney for 32 years and I am deeply jaded and cynical about relationships... and people...patrikc333 wrote: »@MorningGhost14 I'm a lonely wolf and in my ideal world no one can bother me. But in the real world there are unfortunately relationships. So the problem is not to care about comments, but to deal with them if they create problems at work\family.
(I am a bit of an isolationist, too... when I was on MFP before my screen name was LoneWolfRunner because I really don't like running with other people... which is why I prefer long distance trail races... not many people.)
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DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
12/1....................6.00....................6.00
12/2....................5.00..................11.00
12/3....................6.25..................17.25
12/4...................REST.................17.25
12/5....................14.00.................31.25
12/6...................REST.................31.25
12/7......................3.75.................35.00
12/8......................7.50.................42.50
12/9......................4.00.................46.50
12/10.................REST.................46.50
12/11....................5.25.................51.75
12/12....................5.50.................57.25
12/13..................12.50.................69.75
12/14.................REST.................69.75
12/15.....................6.25................76.00
12/16.....................4.00................80.00
12/17.....................4.25................84.25
12/18.................REST.................84.25
12/19...................14.00................98.25 (Cold one... 21F, windchill 12F)
12/20.....................6.00..............104.25
12/21.................REST................104.25
12/22.....................7.00...............111.25
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1-6.65mi build up run from 13:07-11:04
2-strength and yoga day
3-6.69mi fast run 11:40, technically. but reality is we have 5 min warm up and potty breaks for the dog
4-rest day, maybe yoga day. feeling poopy
5-13.17mi I was only scheduled for 11 but I was feeling so good at 9 miles I went on and decided to do a whole 13. I have to say a marathon isn't that scarey now.
6-3.18mi for recovery and to do the Runkeeper Global 5k
7-yoga
8-rest day. so tired i'm dizzy. not sure why
9-no sleep last night-rest. I'm calling it recovery week from the 18miles this weekend aerial yoga at night
10-3.12mi with hills, including two steep ones. top of quads and hips still feel extremely tight
11-planned on running but was too tired still. rest day
12-10.37 it went well. I was supposed to run the last three with my stepdaughter-to-be but typical teenager, she slept in. tried a new trail. it was nice and foggy. good run
13-meant to make up the other three. didn't happen
14-yoga day.
15-6.56mi They felt fast. I felt fast. runkeepers updates overall made me sound fast, but i was slow. 1 min off my pace.
16-yoga day. I did a video for the GOT challenge. not as satisfying as my asanas
Great aerial yoga night though
17-6.48mi. I'm not sure if the distance is right because i ran the same route as the 15th. hard run but i feel good about finishing it
18-rest day. stretchng this morning. working on my splits for yoga. yoga tonight of some form or another
19-13.2mi it was hard. it didn't feel easy like my last 13
20-rest day
21-stomach bug
22-stomach bug
upcoming race:
jan 17: Frosty 5K Run / Walk
feb 13: Steve Cullen Healthy Heart Run/Walk
(tenative) mar 14: The Great Pi Run 5k. I want to do it but SE vacation may get in the way.
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runner_girl83 wrote: »Just curious .. Has anyone ever done any virtual runs on the internet?
I did one with runkeeper. a 5k and then a 10k challenge0 -
Thank's for the links! Though I'm still going to stay with my "wonky phone" diagnosis - I'm pretty sure the wrist with the watch and the hand in which I was holding the phone didn't take so many different turns;)_nikkiwolf_ wrote:downloaded the "Zombies, run!"-App. Somehow that app gave my only 4.4km for the run, while my watch calls it something closer to 4.9km (wonky phone GPS maybe?).
The following may help explain:
How certified courses are measured and running the tangents
http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/resources/userUploads/CertifiedCoursevsGPSAccuracy.SRV_1338321859.pdf
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/03/racing-line-understanding-how-courses.html
http://www.runninginjuryfree.org/2008/10/run-tangents.html
http://sciencebasedrunning.com/2014/12/the-basics-running-tangents/
Though probably it's not the phone GPS but the zombies-app - it did it again today, though in this case the app gave me 8.1km, while my watch thinks it was 7.6km (and knowing the course I took, I have to agree with the watch). After I uploaded the run to the zombie-website and hovered my mouse over the last few points of the pace diagramm, I can see that that covers a distance of 7.61km (agreeing with the watch), but the "run summary" still sais "distance 8.08". Looks like a bug to me...
Maybe I'll see if I can find a way to switch of pace/distance announcements in the app, then it won't bother me so much anymore.
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