The February 2016 Running Challenge

GBrady43068 wrote: »

As others have said, plenty of people are using metric measurements here but if you really want to know “What’s that in mileage?” it’s pretty simple…For every 5KM, count it as 3 (it’ll be slightly off but pretty close). If you want to be exact, 5K=3.1 miles

Or another trick for all math fans: just take the next numer in the Fibonacci sequence. Totally straightforward, right? ^^
Or, you know, just use @Stoshew71's google method. That sounds a bit easier

@WhatMeRunning 46 seconds off the 5k PR is quite a bit chunk of time less. Congratulations!

@ceciliaslater All the best for your doctors appointment, hopefully he'll be able to help you!

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I spontaneously did some interval training yesterday at the gym. When I went in, I was only planning to use the dumbbells. I went really late to avoid the crowds, and it was almost empty, only three guys in the weight area. But two of them were the ones I've come to call "that pyramid training pair" (okay, I admit, usually I attach some colorful adjectives to that description... ). They always hoard a huge stack of dumbbells in their corner :-/
Since I couldn't use any of the weights I needed, I decided to do run until they were done, and long slow runs on the treadmill aren't my thing. If I have to use the TM, I might as well spend my time madly dialing up and down the speed controls, to keep things from getting boring! With Tuesdays tempo run, that makes two speedwork sessions in one week! Never did that before, so I'm swapping my training plan around some more and having tomorrow's rest day today, to make sure I'm not overdoing things.

Elise4270 wrote: »

ceciliaslater wrote: »

Made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine. I'm told he works with a lot of runners, so hopefully he can get me some answers and let me know how realistic my marathon is at this point. Annoying to get injured so late in the game (6 weeks out)--and not even on one of my long or fast runs.

The appointment is on the 15th, so I'll be hobbling around until then, getting in as much exercise as I can without aggravating the injury.

Hey that's great news! I have occasion issues with a subluxed cuboid. Wouldn't possibility be what's going on with you?

I had to look that one up. What's a cuboid? LOL. My pain is farther back, just behind the fibula, so I'm thinking no. But it's weird how problems from one area can manifest themselves elsewhere. Who knows what the root cause of the problem is at this point.

Posting before I catch up on the *135* messages, lol!

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1/31 Rest
2/1 6.25 @ 12.00 on the treadmill
2/2 3.5 (3 @ 11:50 and .5 walking) and strength training
2/3 Rest day--drove several hours to have coffee with a friend. Couldn't squeeze in a run, but the heart is happy!
2/4 10.25 @ 11:46 on the treadmill. Fast and Furious (not to be confused with The Fast and the Furious. Or 2 Fast 2 Furious. Or Tokyo Drift.)
2/5 Planned rest day--taking my daughter on her first college visit!
2/6
(20/25 for the week)

Upcoming Races:
Feb. 14 Run Your Heart Out 5K, Reston, VA
Feb. 22 Disney Princess Half Marathon, Orlando, FL

Stoshew71 wrote: »

UPDATE ON SHIRTS: I just got a call from Jessica at Customlink. 1 of the shirts (the medium woman's power orange) came back from the printers with a stain on it. So Jesicca wondered if it was OK to ship the 43 out today and then the last orange shirt a day later. I said that should be fine.

@Elise4270 You will receive 43 shirts on Monday the 8th and 1 more on Tuesday the 9th.

Jessica also told me that they will also send a $25 voucher along with the order since stuff like this doesn't happen very much.

So I am not sure what to do with this voucher now. lol ...and the extra money. hahahaha

@Elise4270 I still owe you money for shipping and need to give you my address. Maybe you can PM that paypal info?

Let wait on the shipping until I know where the balance is. I can use the "extra" for shipping cost. I'll let everyone know if we're significantly short.

karllundy wrote: »

Also...I hate it when people hoard weights! Only slightly less aggravating than people who grunt/groan/drop weights to emphasize how much they are lifting / exerting themselves. ...

Actually, I find it even more aggravating. When somebody screams like the killer from psychos is out to get him on each lift, I might look over there once, then roll my eyes and ignore them.
The weight hoarders actually mean I can't do my planned workout. They don't only hoard two sets of dumbbells or something. They always do "bizep curl pyramids" where they do 5reps with 6 kg, 4 reps with 8 kg, ... up to 1 rep with 14kg, and then down again. Right in a row, so you can't borrow one of the weights in between, and they are alternating their sets - when one is doing that pyramid, the other stands by and hands him the weights, and vice versa, so you also can't work in.
Considering my gym is really small and has only one set of each dumbbell weight, that is a serious problem. If one pair of dumbbells is taken, I'm willing to do e.g. "5 reps with 12kg" or "12 reps with 8kg" instead of "8 reps with 10kg". But when those guys work out, the next closest available weights are 4kg and 16kg. Grrr.... [/rantmode]
If I didn't believe some strength training is a good idea for injury prevention, I'm not sure I'd put up with that.
That's what I love about running : nobody is going to steal my running shoes or hog all the streets around my place.

2/1 6.11
2/3 7.02 — good, slow run, snow, water, real slushy. not fun for the feet!
2/4 3.67 — easy short run at 10’20” per mile.

Total: 16.80/80

7lenny7 wrote: »

ShaeDetermined wrote: »

@7lenny7 I love your distance tracker! how do i get me one of those? and does it somehow update automatically when you log a run? (what do i know) or do you need to update it manually?

@ShaeDetermined, I get it from the Garmin Connect website, which interfaces with my Garmin Forerunner GPS watch. Do you use a Garmin? I used to use a Forerunner 305, which I had to manually connect to my computer to upload my data. I recently bought a used Forerunner 220 which uses bluetooth to upload the data to the Garmin app on my phone, which then uploads to their web server. On that site I create a monthly mileage goal and have it display on my "dashboard" The gauge is automatically updated once that data is uploaded.

The Garmin Connect site is a very useful site for tracking miles, planning routes, tracking your run stats, tracking miles on each pair of shoes, etc.

The site also interfaces with many other sites and services such as Strava, MapMyRun or MyFitnessPal.

If any of that is confusing or if you have questions, just ask!

Thanks @7lenny7 !
Though your response makes me a little sad.
I used my garmin forerunner 305 for over 10 years I think. Only complaint I had was the chest strap.
So I excitedly, and after much research, replaced it with the fitbit charge HR.
Man, that may have been the worst decision ever.
Looking into buying myself a new gadget for spring.

ShaeDetermined wrote: »

I used my garmin forerunner 305 for over 10 years I think. Only complaint I had was the chest strap.
So I excitedly, and after much research, replaced it with the fitbit charge HR.
Man, that may have been the worst decision ever.
Looking into buying myself a new gadget for spring.

Don't let me stop you from buying a new gadget, but if you live in or near a populous area, check out Craigslist. I bought the 305 for $40 last year and the 220 for $60 a couple of weeks ago, both from ads on Craigslist.

Virkati wrote: »

@runner_girl83 How do you draw the line thru the sentence? Referring to your January 9 NY virtual race...I don't know how so I'm asking you since you just did it. Thank you!

When you write something in the textbox, at the top of the textbox where there is a "B" for bold etc.. the 3rd one across is an "S" with a line through it.. highlight your text and then click on that