The February 2016 Running Challenge

lporter229 wrote: »

@MorningGhost14 -I think that would be funnier if it said " I don't always run marathons, but when I do it's the 5K ones".

I absolutely agree! Lol!

Funny stuff guys, thanks for the laughs! Sad day today so much needed!

Hi Y'all! I am a newbie to running, before Jan I could not even run 1 min at a time. I am now up to running for 2 min and walk 1 min and so forth. Going to try and press harder every week to increase my running time. Goal is to run Mon, Wed, Fri with other cardio and strength training in-between. So far so good!

Goal is to run 6 miles per week at least, 24 miles this month... At Least!

Activity Name Walk / Run Treadmill
Start: Mon Feb 1 2016 7:00 pm
Distance 2.00 miles
Time: 32 min
Avg HR 150
Max HR 175
Calories 303
~Good run today! Walk 1 min / Run 2 min for 32 min = 2 miles!

Activity: Elliptical
Tue, Feb 2, 2016 3:10 PM
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 31:15
Avg HR: 160
Max HR: 181
Calories: 315
~Getting easier every time I do this now, may be time to change up the cardio program level I am using!

it's worse than our hill i think

WhatMeRunning wrote: »

Anybody do hill training like this? Saw this video shared on Facebook. Say, 4x400m hill repeats?

https://youtu.be/S7WRCi0J2j8

That is crazy! Their bodies are practically parallel to the ground! Wow!

3dogsrunning wrote: »

Upping my goal from January from 50 to 80km. January was just to get an idea of where I was.





First race of the year on February 7th, a 5k.

Is this for the first quarter of the year? 80km's?!? Are you training for something? Okay, seriously, hats off. I officially considered running today. Tomorrow looks better. I'll lift today

7lenny7 wrote: »

@_nikkiwolf_ , here's how you fit your long run in with your hiking. Once you get about 80% to the end of the hike, tell her you forgot something and need to go back, but that she should continue on and wait at the end. Then you run back the start, then back to meet her. Continue doing this until you get your miles in. Not only do you get your long run in, you get some hiking in too, which counts for cross training!

@7lenny7 So this is the clever "how to I get my long run without telling my visitor running is more important that hiking with her"-solution? Very sneaky! ^^ Although the plan is to rent snowshoes and head for some snowy mountain trails, that would make for interesting running conditions!
That race serious sounds interesting. Are they all in one place? That might be nice, then you already know the location for race 2-4. And "Autumn Trail" conjurs up really pretty images of clear blue skies and falling leaves ;-)


@KatrinaGrey Wellcome to the challenge! An 80s themed 5k with a team is going to be fun, sounds like you really have something nice to train for.


@pansamanchada congrats on the new running shoes :-)

pansamanchada wrote: »

I don't understand what they're saying but I think it's something like
"I didn't realize what a terrible mistake this would be!"
other seems to say
"If you find my heart downhill please return it, I need it" lol

Lol, that's what every sane person would say, but not even close to what these guys are saying in the video! Well, at least one guy sais "it was torture" and another "you feel like you're about to die". But there are enough crazies saying things like "my legs are exploding, the pain is extreme - but it was extremely fabulous" and "Freaking hard! But awesome, totally worth it.". Although from looking at the pictures, I'm betting halfway up they all were thinking the things you wrote ^^


@5BeautifulDays Good luck on your hunt for the perfect trail shoe! I bought some Nike Wildhorses a few weeks ago for trails, but so far, I'm not really sure yet if I like them or not... I have three pair of road-shoes that I love, but finding the trail shoes of my dreams seams to be much harder.

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I didn't get to do my interval training in the gym yesterday as planned, because it was super crowded (when will all the new year's resolutionist go away already?!). Did my strength training first, still crowded, waited ten minutes, but I was really hungry and wanted to go home and get dinner, so no run.
Instead, I went for a fast 5k run tonight after work. I was pushing the speed to make up for the missed interval training and ended up with an average pace of 6:37/km. That was definitely my fastest outdoor run in the last six month, and on top Strava informed me it was my 3rd best 5k effort. I believe that means I've earned my mint chocolate ice creamin front of the TV tonight. :-)

Date      Miles      MTD
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Feb 02      4.4T     4.4

Stoshew71 wrote: »

"how to I get my long run without telling my visitor running is more important that hiking with her"-solution?


Uhhh.... what could be more important than getting your long run in? Family and friends just have to know this.

hey, I don't argue with the locals down here when they think some Alabama football game is more important than everything else. So why should it be any different? *snickers*

Ha-ha OU and Dallas cowboy fans feel the same. Football junkie's...

Stoshew71 wrote: »

"how to I get my long run without telling my visitor running is more important that hiking with her"-solution?


Uhhh.... what could be more important than getting your long run in? Family and friends just have to know this.

hey, I don't argue with the locals down here when they think some Alabama football game is more important than everything else. So why should it be any different? *snickers*

LOL - this discussion cracked me up. @7lenny7's idea about forgetting something...and then running back! IDK, we all have a serious running addiction here. This actually sounded like a great idea to me.

If anyone would have told me a few years ago I would be sneaking out to run and thinking it was fine to make up a story so I could run, I would have said they were CRAZY! But, here I am.

Welcome to all the newcomers ... and be warned ... you will soon be addicted like the rest of us.