The January 2016 Running Challenge

Virkati wrote: »

@karllundy @shanaber @Elise4270 @5BeautifulDays @WhatMeRunning
Thanks everyone for the well wishes and everything. I must say the muscles are feeling extraordinarily better already after just one visit to the physical therapist. He did dry needle therapy, a slight chiropractic adjustment, and minor massage after the needle therapy. I was given 6 different exercises to do, and surprisingly 2 of them are targeting balance instead of specific muscles. It was explained that injury causes a lot of compensation from other muscles, your brain gets involved, and suddenly all sorts of things get wacky. The balance exercises are to re-train the brain that it doesn't need to "fix" anything and to go back to normal and let the muscles do what they are supposed to do without interference. Whodda thunk that?! I have to admit, I'm hopeful that I can get back to running a lot sooner than he was suggesting yesterday. Until my appointment though, I'm going to follow orders to the "T" cuz the sidelines suck!!

I was given balance exercises too. I tried to recruit my husband in to playing along since one is throwing/catching a weighted ball on one foot. It was a fun exercise that didn't seem like work. I may have to resort to a racquet ball by myself though.

Glad you're doing better.

@karllundy Thanks for the congratulations and thanks for the tip. I actually just purchased a new road bike to mix up the cardio. Forecast suggests mid 40's tomorrow in Chicago so I'm hoping I can knock out 30-40 miles after work before the sun sets. Can't wait!

1-2: 3 miles
1-4: 3 miles
1-6: 3 miles
1-7: 3 miles - 25 minutes of stairs
1-8: 4 miles
1-10: 3 miles - 30 minutes of stairs
1-12: 3.5 miles
1-13: 3.5 miles
1-14: 3.7 miles
1-15: 5 miles
1-17: 3.5 miles
1-18: 3 miles
1-19: 3.1 miles
1-22: 6.3 miles
1-23: 4 miles
1-25: 3.1 miles
1-27: 3 miles
1-28: 3.5 miles

Goal: 65.5 of 70

@MorningGhost14 That is indeed an unenviable location
@Virkati I'm sorry you're going to have to take a break from your running, but it is hopeful that the PT says it's fixable. Take care of yourself (and make sure you stay here and keep posting, even if you don't run. ).
@ceciliaslater That sounds really...unpleasant. Tendons and popping noises do NOT go together! I really hope you're feeling better soon.
@rune1990 Congrats on your 37 min 5K--you rocked that!! You'll be shocked how quickly the minutes fall off that time now that you *can* run the whole way.
@instantmartian My son refuses to commit to one dinosaur (or prehistoric mammal...he's really fond of Mastodons, and has several really cool models), lol. Universal is awesome. The last time we were there was 2012, so I don't know what's on renovation since then, but we really liked the Hulk coaster, the Spiderman ride, and of course all the Harry Potter stuff.

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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
1/4 10 @ 12:00 on the treadmill
1/5 3 @ 11:14 on the treadmill and strength training
1/6 Rest Day
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)
(30/30 for the week)

1/10 Rest Day
1/11 10.75 at 11:46 around the park trails.
1/12 3.25 @ 11:27 on the treadmill. Plus strength training.
1/13 Rest Day
1/14 5.0 @ 12:47 around the lake trail
1/15 6.0 @ 11:00 (and .25 at a walk) on the treadmill
1/16 Rest Day
(25/25 for the week)

1/17 Rest Day
1/18 5.25 (8K race) at the lake @ 11:14
1/19 3.25 @ 10:44 on the treadmill and strength training
1/20 12.5 @ 11:45 on the treadmill
1/21 Rest day
1/22 2.5 miles @ 13:00 around the neighborhoo
1/23 Approximately 3.25 @ some indeterminate speed near 5 mph on the prehistoric treadmill in my basement
(26.75/25 for the week)

1/24 2 hours of snow shoveling...aka "rest day"
1/25 Approximately 5.0 @ ~11:40 on the treadmill (binge watching Arrow--Good show!)
1/26 Approximately 5.25 @ ~11:40 on the treadmill...more Arrow. Don't know if I'll get a long run this week. I *never* want to run 12 miles on a treadmill *ever* again!
1/27 Approximately 3.25 @ ~11:40 on the treadmill.
1/28 Approximately 7.0 @ 11:50 on the treadmill.
1/29 3.25 @ 11:10 on the treadmill *at the gym, finally*, and strength training. I am not going to make my weekly mileage goal, I don't think, but I should just squeak in at my monthly goal.
1/30
(23.75/30 for the week)

Upcoming Races:
February 14: Run Your Heart Out 5K, Fairfax, VA
February 21: Disney Princess HM, Orlando, FL
(Can't do my March races because I need to have surgery March 4. )

@ddmom0811 @karllundy I don't normally do virtual races because the charities don't seem to get a big percentage of the money so I'd rather send them my money directly. @shanaber turned me on to this one because all the money is going to the charity the officer's family set up for scholarship for kids wanting to get into the legal field.

Flowers! I saw flowers that have bloomed out on my C25k today! Spring is on it's way! I am doing a challenge this week, cutting the caffeine, chocolate, alcohol and a couple of other problematic things for me and it made a difference with my running this morning. I have been down the last three days though because of cutting things out(Yesterday I felt like a dead horse), but woke up feeling better and more motivated again. It made such a difference with my legs that I looked at the breakdown of it on Run keeper and actually ran at a 10 mph pace as opposed to my usual 15 mph pace. So I'm feeling a lot better about starting over with C25k, I don't mind it being that my pace is back to where it was a year and half ago.

Jan 1 - Run/ 1 mile, Walk/ 1 mile, Steps/ 6740, Floors/ 6, Daily miles/ 3.24
Jan 2 - Run/ 0 miles, Walk/ 1.5 miles, Steps/ 7761, Floors/ 6, Daily miles/ 3.56
Jan 3 - Run/ 1 mile, Walk/ 1 mile, Steps/ 7100, Floors/ 4, Daily miles/ 3.44
Jan 4 - Run/ 0 miles, Walk/ 2.25 miles, Steps/ 10,037, Floors/ 16, Daily miles/ 4.55
Jan 5 - Run/ 0 miles, Walk/ 0 miles, Steps/ 3788, Floors/ 7, Daily miles/ 1.53
Jan 6 - Run/ 0 miles, Walk/ 0 miles, Steps/ 1888, Floors/ 6, Daily miles/ .67
Jan 7 - Run/ 1 mile, Walk/ 3 miles, Steps/ 11,211, Floors/ 17, Daily miles/ 5.05
Jan 8 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 1.5 miles, Steps/ 5833, Floors/ 5, Daily miles/ 2.36
Jan 9 - Run/ 1 mile, Walk/ 3 miles, Steps/ 12,351, Floors/ 12, Daily miles/ 5.46
Jan 10 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 2.25 miles, Steps/ 10,000, Floors/ 4, Daily miles/ 3.4
Jan 11 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 miles, Steps/ 3017, Floors/ 8, Daily miles/ 1.22
Jan 12 - Run/ 1.4 mile, Walk/ 2.6 miles, Steps/ 11,425, Floors/ 4, Daily miles/ 5.07
Jan 13 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 2186, Floors/ 5, Daily miles/ .88
Jan 14 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 2.25 miles, Steps/ 16,147, Floors/ 23, Daily miles/ 6.55
Jan 15 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 10,030, Floors/ 18, Daily miles/ 4.1
Jan 16 - Run / 0 mile, Walk/ 2.06 mile, Steps/ 10,084, Floors/ 26, Daily miles/ 4.12
Jan 17 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/3474, Floors/7, Daily miles/1.47
Jan 18 - Run/ 1.15 mile, Walk/ 3.9 mile, Steps/15,487, Floors/10, Daily miles/6.73
Jan 19 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 6563, Floors/ 14, Daily miles/1.44
Jan 20 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/1582, Floors/ 1, Daily miles/ .64
Jan 21 - Run/ .28 mile, Walk/ 4.35 miles, Steps/ 15,268, Floors/ 32, Daily miles/ 6.78
Jan 22 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 6233, Floors/ 15, Daily miles/ 2.53
Jan 23 - Run/ .6 mile, Walk/ 2.33 miles, Steps/ 10,519, Floors/ 8, Daily miles/ 4.98
Jan 24 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 1.58 miles, Steps/ 10,239, Floors/ 15, Daily miles/ 4.4
Jan 25 - Run/ .6 mile, Walk/ 1.54 miles, Steps/ 15,075, Floors/ 33, Daily miles/ 6.62
Jan 26 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 6284, Floors/ 13, Daily miles/ 2.54
Jan 27 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 1521, Floors/ 4, Daily miles/ .61
Jan 28 - Run/ 0 mile, Walk/ 0 mile, Steps/ 2491, Floors/ 7, Daily miles/ 1.01
Jan 29 - Run/ .8 miles, Walk/ 1.2 miles, Steps/


Monthly Totals/ Run = 9.43, Walk = 39.71, Steps = 201,923, Floors = 327, Daily miles = 95.04

01-Jan (15 days to HM): 5.80 miles
02-Jan (14 days to HM): 10.01 miles
03-Jan (13 days to HM): <HM Training-mandated Rest Day>
04-Jan (12 days to HM): 5.21 miles
05-Jan (11 days to HM): 4.00 miles
06-Jan (10 days to HM): 3.57 miles
07-Jan (9 days to HM): 4.42 miles
08-Jan (8 days to HM): 3.09 miles
09-Jan (7 days to HM): 11.82 miles
10-Jan (6 days to HM): <HM Training-mandated Rest Day>
11-Jan (5 days to HM): 3.36 miles
12-Jan (4 days to HM): 3.39 miles
13-Jan (3 days to HM): 3.07 miles
14-Jan (2 days to HM): <HM Training-mandated Rest Day>
15-Jan (1 days to HM): 2.29 miles plus 1.09 miles (walk)
16-Jan (Museum of Aviation HM): 13.16 miles
17-Jan: <Life Day> but 2.83 miles
18-Jan: 6.40 miles
19-Jan: 4.43 miles
20-Jan: 0.00 miles but 1.26 miles (walk)
21-Jan: 4.11 miles
22-Jan: 3.61 miles
23-Jan: 10.01 miles
24-Jan: <Life Day>
25-Jan: 4.12 miles
26-Jan: 4.15 miles
27-Jan: 2.61 miles
28-Jan: 2.23 miles
29-Jan: 4.19 miles
30-Jan:
31-Jan: <Life Day>



Hmmm - 0.77 more, and I would've finished my goal for the month. Ah well - I've got a 10-mile (or more) planned for tomorrow, so I guess I'll make it. Garmin says 10:52/mile, and since I'm working on trying go slower, that's a pretty good pace.

My upcoming races:
06-Feb: Al Toll Memorial 15K, Macon, GA
27-Feb: Cantrell Center 5K, Warner Robins, GA
19-Mar: Cherry Blossom 10K, Macon, GA
02-Apr: Run 2 End Alzheimer's 10.5K, Bonaire, GA
16-Apr: Running for Ronald 10K or 15K, Macon, GA
04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta, GA

runner_girl83 wrote: »

Off for my first parkrun shortly... Wearing some running shorts that I made.. Haven't tested them out yet though so this could be a real disaster about to unfold

A public test run in a park. Brave girl. Hope you didn't forget the elastic.

1/1: 6.2 miles
1/2: 11.6 miles
1/3: Rest/Travel day
1/4: 10 miles
1/5: Rest day
1/6: 4 miles (am), 8 miles tempo (pm)
1/7: 4 miles (am), 6 miles with the Thursday crew (pm)
1/8: Rest day
1/9: 12.2 miles with the Saturday crew
1/10: 5 miles
1/11: 5.8 miles with "Joe-to-Go" crew
1/12: Rest day
1/13: 4 miles treadmill (am), 7.1 miles with Wednesday crew (pm)
1/14: 6 miles (am), no second run :[
1/15: Rest day
1/16: 7 miles with Saturday crew
1/17: 10 miles
1/18: 6 miles with "Joe-to-Go" crew
1/19: Rest day/final finals day
1/20: 4 miles (am), no second run
1/21: No AM run, 7 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
1/22: 14 miles
1/23: SNOW DAY!
1/24: 9 miles
1/25: 6 miles
1/26: Rest day; sample Pure Barre class in evening
1/27: 5.5 miles (am), 10 miles (pm)
1/28: 7 miles speedwork (am), 6 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
1/29: XT: 60 mins stationary bike

Wasn't planning to cross-train today, but after some vigorous grocery shopping I didn't feel like sitting on my butt all afternoon, so I decided to take Netflix out of my bed and into the gym! House makes for a great stationary biking show! Got 16 miles in, just under 58 mins and used the rest of the hour as a "cool down" (not that there was much cooling down to do, as my HR never went above 125). Now I've got a few extra calories to play with after dinner... bring on the desserts!



Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney HM
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
6/12: Race and Ride Cedar Point HM (maybe)

@skippygirlsmom - thanks I will get signed up for it like I should have in the first place!
@7lenny7 - can you post the link to the calories consumed calculator that takes into account HR? Oh and YAY Asics - I have heard that they have great service!
@rune1990 - Congratulations on the 5K - awesome job!!
@Virkati and @Elise4270 - my trainer started me on stability exercises way back when I first started working out with him. Really they help your core, which in turn helps everything else down the chain.
@Becky_44 and @MorningGhost14 - my daffodils are already coming up and my fruit trees are budding out...in January...everything is confused because it has been so warm, even for So. California. I know later this month it is likely going to get cold again and should rain a bunch. Hopefully I will still get flowers and fruit later in the spring! Also love the meme
@ceciliaslater - ouch! That looks sore - ice, rest and repeat! Hope it feels better soon!

Today's run was wonderful on the one hand because it felt so great to be out but a struggle on the other because my body is just plain tired. I have been tracking my HR again and I am amazed at how you can see the difference. I have my next HM a week from Sunday and I am at a work conference/training in Dallas all next week so I will not have much time for working out. I am hoping to run on the treadmill in the hotel gym a couple of times and not drink/eat too much but there are parties every night (it is a sales group after all ) I did make my goal but unless I feel like I really have to run tomorrow this is it for the month for me.

Date..........Miles.........Total
01/01.......0.00..........0.00 - total rest/slug day. Did walk 1.5 miles with the pup
01/02.......9.33..........9.33
01/03.......0.00..........0.00
01/04.......7.16........16.49 + Agility
01/05.......4.14........20.63 Treadmill run + Strength Training
01/06.......0.00........20.63
01/07.......5.33........25.96 + Strength Training
01/08.......4.14........30.10
01/09.....12.21........42.31
01/10.......0.00........42.31
01/11.......4.54........46.85 + Agility
01/12.......3.64........50.49 + Strength Training
01/13.......0.00........50.49
01/14.......5.32........55.81 + Strength Training
01/15.......5.47........61.28 - half way to goal on the 15th of the month!!
01/16.......0.00........61.28
01/17.......7.55........68.83
01/18.......4.51........73.34 + Agility
01/19.......5.15........78.49 + Strength Training
01/20.......0.00........78.49
01/21.......5.23........83.72 + Strength Training
01/22.......4.23........87.95
01/23.....12.34......100.29
01/24.......0.00......100.29 - Dog beach Sunday!
01/25.......5.44......105.73 + Agility
01/26.......0.00......105.73 + Strength Training
01/27.......7.24......112.97
01/28.......6.33......119.30 + Strength Training
01/29.......4.38......123.68



These are my upcoming races, let me know if you are going to be running too:
02/07/16 - Surf City Half, Huntington Beach, CA
02/20/16 - Special Edition Divas Half, Temecula, CA