The January 2016 Running Challenge
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runner_girl83 wrote: »
I need to take this advice myself... Over the last few weeks I got a bit caught up on speed intervals and although I got a sub-30 PB for 5km, my shins are paying for it! Think I need to go back to my shuffle for a bit
I slowed my pace and quit trying to be fast, focus on non-stop distance. When I want to walk I just tell myself "you are walking, you can walk all day". It does seem to help. (Until my calf hurts, and I'll walk 0.5-1mile, usually fine after that).
I ran my first Half never being able to run much more than 3 miles nonstop. Something about a race keeps ya going.
lol
@Elise4270 What was your time on that HM by the way.. If you don't mind my asking? I was initially aiming for around 2:38 with My Asics app, though I am thinking I might need walking breaks so maybe it will be more around the 3hr mark
My official HM time was 2:23:50. I was good the first 10-11 miles. I forgot to use my anti chafe stick, so the last few miles would have been faster if my thighs weren't bloody and stinging with each step. I had no real time goal. I knew for the first one, just get it done. Of course, totally stoked it was less than 2:30. I have another in March, I just wanna beat that time.0 -
Date Miles today. Miles for January
1/1 4 miles - 4
1/2 13.5 miles - 17.5
1/3 REST DAY
1/4 10 miles - 27.5
1/5 9 miles - 36.5
1/6 5.5 miles - 42
1/7 10 miles - 52
1/8 6.05 miles - 58.05
1/9 15 miles - 73.05
1/10 REST DAY
1/11 9.5 miles - 82.55
1/12 11.15 miles - 93.7
1/13 6.2 miles - 99.9
1/14 10 miles - 109.9
1/15 5.75 miles - 115.65
1/16 15 miles - 130.65
15 miles (10 of them with my Saturday Morning group - Alex made me run too fast, then broke off and did 5 more miles since they were only doing 11). Group waited for me so they could take a picture (they wanted my long arms and picture taking skills).
Then did another almost 5 with Jennifer (ImNoAngel) later on in the day.
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2 miles yesterday and 4 today
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Finished my half-marathon this morning: Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins). Chip times are not yet posted, but Garmin says 2:29:21, and that with a couple seconds before crossing the line, and several seconds after (forgot to hit pause/save). 11:16 average moving pace, so slower than I'd intended, but I finished. Took it easy the rest of the day, 'cause I was feeling pretty sore/achy earlier, but now that's all passed. Not entirely sure whether I'm gonna do that distance again - I'm good for 10, 11 or so, but those last couple miles this morning were ugly.
OTOH - PB time!0 -
Congrats @9voice9! How many more halfs have you signed up for?
PB time sounds great!
@runner_girl83 - Funny, but just this morning I was cursing at my phone for constantly rebooting on my run. It rebooted 8 times on my first 4 mile circuit. The issue seemed to be with Strava running while I had my phones data sync disabled and phone set to Do Not Disturb. After rebooting Strava would eventually restart, recover my session and then reboot again shortly after. Now the reason I set my phone like that is because by some stroke of luck on a few recent runs my phone decided to download updates while I was running and reboot. So using a phone + HRM has been strangely unreliable recently.
I will be getting a Garmin watch as soon as I have the extra money for it. Done with phones.0 -
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My Garmin seems to be fading.... wants to die after 4 hours.... so I just ordered a new one with a 10 hour battery life. That should be sufficient.0
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Filling in and holding my place so I don't forget where my list is!
1/1 5 @ 10:36 on the treadmill
1/2 4.75 @ 10:42 on the park trail (20.75/20 miles for the week)
1/3 5.25 @ 11:14 (5.0 @ 10:51, .25 walking) on the trails near my house. It was a beautiful, blustery day!
1/4 10 @ 12:00 on the treadmill. While running from Indominus Rex.
1/5 3 @ 11:14 on the treadmill and strength training
1/6 Rest Day and feeling fairly sore from yesterday's PT (and maybe Monday's run?)
1/7 4.75 @ 11:53 on the park trail.
1/8 3.5 @ 10:07 (3 at 9:48 and .5 at 12:00) plus strength training
1/9 3.5 @ 12:22 (3 at 11:26, plus .5 at a walk) loping around the neighborhood with St. Woolos the Barbarian, aka The Poopinest Dog in the East, aka Woogie the Worst Running Partner Ever. It's a good thing he's cute!
(30/30 for the week)
1/10 Rest Day/Family Day
1/11 10.75 at 11:46 around the park trails. My heart was light, but my legs felt every centimeter of the last two miles. "Gently rolling terrain" feels a lot like "stinking big hills" after 100 minutes or so...
1/12 3.25 @ 11:27 on the treadmill. Plus strength training.
1/13 Rest Day due to dental work...revising the weekly goal down a little, since I won't have quite as much time on my "regular" rest day to make up for this one.
1/14 5.0 @ 12:47 around the lake trail with my dog, who may be toking behind my back--pokey puppy was slow, paranoid (that stroller--it tried to eat me! those loud lady joggers!--they tried to eat me! that nice old man with a cane!--he tried to beat me from 12 feet away!), and generally disinterested in actually *running*.
1/15 6.0 @ 11:00 (and .25 at a walk) on the treadmill...I didn't feel up to strength training since my head was hurting this morning (running seems to make headaches better, but not lifting; it's weird)
1/16 Rest Day
(25/25 for the week)
1/17
1/18
1/19
1/20
1/21
1/22
1/23
(0/25 for the week)
Upcoming Races:
January 18: MLK 8K at Burke Lake Park, VA
February 14: Run Your Heart Out 5K, Fairfax, VA
February 21: Disney Princess HM, Orlando, FL
March 6: Reston 10-miler, Reston, VA
March 12: Lucky Leprechaun 5K, Reston, VA
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8.5 km up the backside of Misery Mountain Ski Hill. Back in the Deep Freeze. -24C Windchill -31C
01/01 –0.0 Km – 140 km – 0.0 Km
01/01 –6.0 Km – 134 km – 6.0 Km
01/02 –7.0 Km – 127 km – 13.0 Km
01/03 –5.0 Km – 122 km – 18.0 Km
01/04 –10.0 Km – 112 km – 28.0 Km
01/06 –7.0 Km – 105 km – 35.0 Km
01/09 –7.0 Km – 98 km – 42.0 Km
01/10 –5.0 Km – 93 km – 47.0 Km
01/11 –18.0 Km – 75 km – 65.0 Km
01/13 –10.0 Km – 65 km – 75.0 Km
01/16 –8.5 Km – 56.5 km – 83.5 Km
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DATE...............MILES............TOTAL......Goal 30
1/2.....................2.25...............2.25
1/3.....................2.25...............4.50
1/6.....................2.25...............6.75
1/15...................2.35...............9.10
1/16...................2.35.............11.45
KKL
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January goal 70 miles
1/1 3.69
1/2 4.15
1/3 3.12
1/4 rest
1/5 3.31
1/6 5.59
1/7 rest
1/8 3.00
1/9 heavy duty yard work
1/10 3.27
1/11 3.38
1/12 snorkel 3 hours
1/13 6.39
1/14 rest
1/15 3.12 (and some more heavy duty yard work)
1/16 4.25
@9voice9 Great job on the half!
Total 43.27
Upcoming races:
3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon
11/13/16 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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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
11th 6k walk
12th gym
13th 7k run
14th rest
15th 8km run
16th 11km run
17th 6km walk
Total 81km
Have been away on holidays for the last three days which were throughly enjoyed.
Hubby. "Aren't you going to have a break and sleep in"
Me. "Um, NO".
Nothing better than running while on holidays.
@Stoshew71 Nice photo :-)
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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-
1/12—4.55 km skipped 1/11 due to it being cold and rainy
1/13—3.64 km
1/14—5.14 km
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The weather was relatively mild today (-11c with no windchill, very damp) and inspiration just swept me away and I ran outside for the first time since my shin splints healed!
It was great, I was toasty with a pair of go warm leggings altho I might throw on a pair of shorts over top, my thighs were a touch frigid and skin was red. A long sleeve blase layer, with sweater and hood and a windbreaker type jacket. A headband and a buff and gloves I was good to go! My phone did freeze however, lol.
I think (know) it was easier to run outside. I had to slow myself down on a few occasions and I felt that I ran farther, even tho I was outside for the same amount of time I go on the treadmill (i think..dumb phone)
One of my splits said 12'50!
So I didn't die of embarrassment and the hills didn't kill me and if I don't get shin splints and it's not too cold, I'll run outside! But damn I'm cold now, lol.
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.
1/08 - rest, went for a ski, beautiful sunny winter weather!
1/09 - 4.5 ran all the run bits AGAIN
1/10 - I was a sloth. Ate like I ran a marathon.
1/11 - 4.5 third time i ran all the run bits, must make it true
1/12 - rest
1/13 - 4.5 zombies week6 w1. was challenging! but I ran all the run bits again
1/14 - rest
1/15 - 4.4
1/16 - sloth. more like sloooooooooooooooooththththththththththththththththththth
1/17 - 4.5 zombies week6w3. was not as challenging as 1/15. felt like I could do more, outside run
Treadmill runner for now, following zombies5k. Running at 180spm seems to be keeping the shin splints at bay.0 -
Finished my half-marathon this morning: Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins). Chip times are not yet posted, but Garmin says 2:29:21, and that with a couple seconds before crossing the line, and several seconds after (forgot to hit pause/save). 11:16 average moving pace, so slower than I'd intended, but I finished. Took it easy the rest of the day, 'cause I was feeling pretty sore/achy earlier, but now that's all passed. Not entirely sure whether I'm gonna do that distance again - I'm good for 10, 11 or so, but those last couple miles this morning were ugly.
OTOH - PB time!
Fantastic! Congrats0 -
Finished my half-marathon this morning: Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins). Chip times are not yet posted, but Garmin says 2:29:21, and that with a couple seconds before crossing the line, and several seconds after (forgot to hit pause/save). 11:16 average moving pace, so slower than I'd intended, but I finished. Took it easy the rest of the day, 'cause I was feeling pretty sore/achy earlier, but now that's all passed. Not entirely sure whether I'm gonna do that distance again - I'm good for 10, 11 or so, but those last couple miles this morning were ugly.
OTOH - PB time!
Fantastic, well done!0 -
8.1 miles @ 9:11min/mile today. Almost tripped over running through a group of ramblers who kept weaving oblivious into my path despite me shouting 3 separate warnings
52/60 for the month now. 0
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