The January 2016 Running Challenge

moremonica wrote: »

@WhatMeRunning - Thanks for the support! The knee is a recent injury. I have a small tear in the miniscus which the surgeon doesn't want to operate on (and I am fine with that) as the larger problem is I am littered with arthritis in the knee as well. I have tried cortisone and will probably try the gel injection. Happy to take any recommendations on things that have worked for others.

@moremonica I've had torn meniscus issues with both knees. The right one tore the meniscus at the posterior root. No surgery for me either although it WAS being considered until I got a second opinion. I have arthritis in both knees too but the right one is worse. The second doc told me I could rehab my knee by using the stationary bike 3x a week, no resistance, until I could walk relatively pain free. Then increase the resistance slightly weekly, and the time. When I felt I could, I was allowed to increase the number of days I rode the stationary bike until I could do it 5 days a week. I get the cortisone shot and within a couple of days I feel pretty good again. But this is the important part...you know your body better than anyone, including the doc. If something isn't right, get it checked and if you don't like the answer, get a second opinion. I still have trouble with my right knee. Sometimes I can ignore it and have a great run other times the knee gets all cranky and hurts. I ice it a lot. And when it hurts too much for too long, I go back and get another shot.

ETA
@Elise4270 I too, agree with getting Stan's shirt for him. If everyone adds just one extra dollar to their payment for shipping, his costs would be completely covered. And again, thanks for jumping in to be the shipper. At this point I can't even imagine having the energy for it.

Lol @MorningGhost14 . that was me this morning, too. "Already 12 miles in, this is nothing" Said In the middle of a 1.5+ mile downhill slope. The mile long uphill climb I hit shortly thereafter set me straight, though.

runner_girl83 wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

9voice9 wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

No profit, although all the work Stan put into this I think we should absorb the cost of his shirt.

I'll start looking into shipping costs. I'll probably go with the bubble wrap envelope, and may see what USPS has in the way of flat rate shipping.

I second the motion to buy Stan's shirt for him (or at least, another one for him). Not sure how we accomplish that, but it should be done.

I for one would be willing to do increased costs for UPS or other than USPS shipping - my experiences with them have been beyond horrific, and I have said I'd rather have things shipped by horse & buggy than USPS ever again.

Works for me. It'll be the same drop off point. Maybe we can spread out the cost of Stan's shirt with the shipping expense (for those that wanna) and we/I can just PayPal him what we collect.

I'm happy to put in $15 Au to cover shipping .. I think that will be around $5 more than what shipping would be to Australia + cost of the shirt.. It isnt much but you can put that towards Stans shirt too

Heck I figure if everyone adds 1USD we got it covered.

I like to plan ahead and get organized. I have packaging and will start preadressing them today. No hurry, just if anyone else is neurotic like me, pm me.

@runner_girl83 congrats on the 10k, always nice getting that medal.

Goal: 100km

1st 5k treadmill
2nd 5k park run
3rd 12k run
4th 5k walk
5th gym
6th 7k run
7th rest
8th gym
9th 5k park run
10th 10k run

Total 49km

Offical time for yesterday's run was 30:42. Will keep working at it to get it under 30.
Had a horrible run this morning for lots of different reasons. Was meant to do 13 but only managed to do 10 due to time restraints better than none at all.

Well I have complete week one of training for a 5K. To hold myself accountable, I will search for 5Ks to run come spring (or earlier).

Virkati wrote: »

If it weren't for @Stoshew71 and @skippygirlsmom this group wouldn't be the resounding success that it is. Here's my idea...let us all pay for Stan's shirt because of all the legwork he did in putting the whole thing together and I'd also like us to pay for skippygirlsmom's shirt because the whole thing was her idea in the first place.

For those of you getting the shirts, whaddya say?

I'm down! If anyone wants to contribute a few bucks we can just split it between them. Of course, I don't want this to be misinterpreted as a "dig deep" message. Just an opportunity for a showing of appreciation. @Stoshew71, I understand seeing all our miles logged here is affirmation of your positive influence. I feel that a personal gesture is warranted, even if it is only 2$.

We really have become a family.

WhatMeRunning wrote: »

Sounds good to me. Agree on it being voluntary and even anonymous (although we're currently chiming in).

Ya, no way to surprise them either..

2/1 - 5k
3/1 - 7k
5/1 - 1k walk ( well it all counts )
6/1 - 3k
7/1 - 2.5k
8/1 - 7k

25.5/80

Really steady treadmill run today. 200m walk to warm up then did the rest at 7.5-7.6kph. Not fast but did not walk or slow down. Endurance must be building. Need to somehow add some speed. This challenge thread is on fire - can't keep up even with checking daily.

January Goal—will try for 140 km, half marathon Feb 7 and I’m behind in my training

1/6—3.89 km or so…first run after being sick…still congested and a bit sick
1/7—3.40 km—still feeling icky so keeping it short. Just ran around my complex
1/8—5.29 km..about to kill my lungs. Sick of the congestion
1/9—5.01 km
1/10—10.48 km

Why did I ever think cross-country skiing might make a good "cross training"?! I signed up for a class which started today. Somehow I imagined it as nice gliding through the snow, but I spent the majority of the time falling. Skis glide off in all directions when you are just standing around innocently, trying to pay attention to the instructor; and on the downhill bits it gets faster and faster until you try that weird V-braking thing and fall. Repeatedly. If there is a word that's the antonym to "progidy" or "being a natural" in skiing, that's me. I will have so many bruises tomorrow!

... but anyway, after I got that whining out of my system, look what I bought today (in the morning, before all the sliding and falling happened and I still had the energy...)! I was going to crawl straight out of the hot tub and into bed, but since I know how everyone loves pictures of new running shoes, I just had to share these first:


Yes, I got a bit carried away and bought two pairs. I blame you all for not discouraging me from my shoe-shopping plans!
I guess I could have stopped with the Saucony Cortana 4 (the white & weird-pink ones).
But the boring-colored Nike Wildhorse are actually men's shoes, so they don't count, right? They seem to fit well enough, but I'll have to see how they fit on a longer run (appently, at the same lengths mens shoes are wider in the heel and more narrow at the toes compared to women's shoes, at least that's what I was told). But since there is now a "Wildhorse 3", they must have really wanted to be rid of the "1", so the price was low enough to give it a shot.


P.S.: and I like the idea off anonymously chipping in on some thank-you shirts.

Today was the first 5-miler I've done in 6 months ... slow and sore, but it's done.