The January 2016 Running Challenge

@snha - Like @5BeautifulDays I can't tell when my shoes are worn from just looking at them. I was actually comparing a pair with 350 miles that I suspect gave me some mild issues last week with a pair with just over 250 miles, and a newer pair with less than 50 miles. They pretty much all looked the same to me. It's not the first time I've compared older pair that start giving me trouble and every time it's the same result. They still look fairly new on the bottom. Now the toe box on the other hand, there you can see a really big difference!

@5BeautifuDays - I would say it depends on your running history and weekly mileage. After my first HM I gave myself two weeks of recovery and then tried a long run (10 miles in fact was my long at the time) and wound up with some foot pain that left me sidelined for a month. After healing up and then training for a HM series that next fall however I ran HM's on back to back weekends. I wound;t hesitate now to do 12 miles on back to back weekends, and if my weekly mileage was not at the low point it is now I could also do back to back 12 mile long run days (did that over the summer). So it is a judgement call. You should know what you are capable of, and if you are anywhere near thinking you can do it, you almost certainly can. If it seems really intimidating, then use your best judgement.

Happy New Year!

I'm mad late posting this, but I'm in for 100 miles again. I was 10 miles shy of it last month. I haven't been able to get to 100 miles since August, but I'm gonna go for it again this month. I'm at 28 so far.

Thanks all on the watch issue. I'm going to keep better track in case it happens again. I figured if it lost info it would be earlier times, not random stuff here and there. Strange. thanks!

On the cussing issue, which is cracking me up, I must admit to the ability to cuss like a sailor and have done probably more than my share while running....or watching Skip play soccer. Okay I'm hanging my head in shame on that one.

instantmartian wrote: »

... my boyfriend about the time he was cheering me on near the finish line of a very windy and cold 15K last spring, and I accidentally flipped him off. I honestly intended to give him a very sarcastic thumbs up, but my brain decided to do otherwise without my knowledge. Oops.

@instantmartian too funny, Lol'd at that one

1/01 - 4.7 walk/run treadmill
1/02 - rest, did a half hour x-country ski
1/03 - 4.5 walk/run treadmill
1/04 - rest
1/05 - 3.7+ (I shut off the treadmill during the run..oops)11 min steady run
1/06 - rest
1/07 - 4.4 ran all the run bits, first time. did two 10 min runs. felt awesome.








Treadmill runner for now, following zombies5k. Running at 180spm seems to be keeping the shin splints at bay.

Stoshew71 wrote: »

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MorningGhost14 wrote: »

A bit better this morning...

That is running shorts weather!

Uh, only if that's Celsius! Or you're @MorningGhost14

I wear pants for anything below freezing, and a long sleeve shirt once it gets below 40. I am tempted to try shorts in 25+ though. Maybe next time. But that's what I said last time too. Remember SonicDeathMonkey? He wore shorts in all sorts of crazy cold weather and thought all of us pants-wearers were nuts.

Yeah, but he also stops for McDonald's breakfast right in the middle of a marathon. ;-)

Still my favorite thing read about a marathon ever!!! I thought he was taking a bathroom break, nope he got hungry. Gotta love him.

Hahaha I thought this was a joke! Wow! Don't know how anyone can stomach that in the middle of a mara!!

True story you can see the line on his garmin map heading into the McDonald's and back out the other side.

I found it. LOL It was actually the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon (HM).
https://www.strava.com/activities/292277092

a half? not even a full. lol

5BeautifulDays wrote: »

Oh...a question! Would I be nuts to sign up for a 10-miler 2 weeks after my half? If I don't do that, there's a 5K 3 weeks after I'm going to sign up for.

I did my first HM on November 7th, then turned around and signed up for another HM that was running 2 weeks later (November 22nd or 23rd, I don't remember exactly). I didn't have any trouble doing both, despite not following a training plan (at the time, I was running one day a week--a progressively longer run every Sunday, to be exact). My longest run pre-HM was 14 miles.

For the record, I finished my 2nd HM 4 seconds slower than my 1st (2:10:58 vs 2:10:54). If I can do it, you can do it! Of course, if your body is screaming otherwise, you should probably listen to it and ignore my "sage" advice...

I just did my 7 mile run over lunch with nary a twinge from the old tailbone. Ok, if I'm being totally honest, it was a little sore when I first started out, but it went away after a half mile or so. My inner left ankle is giving me fits again. I swear, it's like every 3rd run that I feel pain there. Really don't understand it. Still blaming that 11 mile treadmill run, since that's when it first started, but I wish it would either consistently hurt or not hurt at all. It's minor, so I'm still just running through it. I may consider going to the doctor if it persists, but he'll probably just tell me to stop running again. Didn't listen to him the first time; don't want to waste $100 just to ignore his advice again.

BTW--The reason he told me I shouldn't run (or do step aerobics, or insanity, or most other exercises) is because I apparently broke my left ankle several years ago and didn't know it. I thought it was just a bad twist or sprain, so I didn't go to the doctor (broke college student at the time) and limped around on it until it got better. Poor healing has caused damage to the ligaments in my ankle, so it's weak and rolls easily, plus I get random pain/swelling flare-ups from exercise, even when I don't feel myself step wrong or anything. I decided I'd rather deal with the occasional pain and the possibility of needing surgery in the future than be a lazy fat blob...

I'm now at 19/145.1 miles for the month.

lporter229 wrote: »

I have been avoiding joining the group until I get a better handle on what my January mileage will be, but I missed you guys, so i figured I would go ahead and chime in. After taking the total slacker approach to running during the month of December, I was sooo looking forward to renewing my commitment with vigor and energy. Until I woke up on New Years day with, not a hangover, but a dog gone respiratory infection! I have been battling it since. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and he said it's a virus that has been going around so it just has to run its course, no antibiotic help. He said that it's been taking on average 10-14 days for people to beat it, but I am on immunosuppressants, so it's likely to take longer. I have finally become smart enough in my old age to know that I should not push it, so I have been walking nightly on the treadmill and living vicariously through you all. You have all been doing an amazing job! I'm counting the days until I can join in again!!!

@lporter229 You and me toots! I have the same thing I think. Saw the doc on Monday, he was on the fence about whether it would develop into bronchitis (my body's "go-to" when it's respiratory) so I started Amoxicillin that day. It hasn't helped. I took a walk days ago. Took me over 30 minutes to hit the mile mark. Been pretty much laid up the whole time. I hope you're feeling better soon.

Stoshew71 wrote: »

kristinegift wrote: »

And thanks to the two of you who commented on my two a days and called them inspiring or something. Inspiring, maybe... borderline nuts? That's more like it. But I love my rest days, y'all!

I will be joining you on those 2-a days pretty soon. I need to build back up to close where I was before RCM and then add the 2 a days.

Our mileage is freakishly similar. If we didn't live hundreds of miles apart, I think I'd force you to let me be your training buddy!

2/1 - 5k
3/1 - 7k
5/1 - 1k walk ( well it all counts )
6/1 - 3k
7/1 - 2.5k

Still all treadmill, starting to want to get outside....

18.5/80