The February 2016 Running Challenge
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@skippygirlsmom Skip's episode sounds scary! (And having just binged 6 seasons of House, it sounds very House-worthy!). Hopefully it won't happen again and it was just a weird fever spike!
@Elise4270 Thanks again for doing all the shipping! You are a rockstar!0 -
I'm going for 75 again. and try to get back up to 13 miles on weekend runs
1-personal training episode. so sore
2-nothing, not feeling well
3-slept in. still not feeling great
4-see above, and then transmission cracked
5-car hunting
6-car hunting
7-4.75 miles. I added hills to my treadmill work out. oh the suck
8-nothing
9-i was on the way to the gym. because it was icy i didn't want to run outside. so icy, i hit a parked jeep with my 2 day all new to me car.
no gym for me
10-yoga tonight. a little sore from the accident, but i'm really concerned about the race this weekend. I've not been able to train like I'd like to due to flares and accidents. I'm not sure how I'll do
11-no run. fell asleep by 7pm
12-slept like a rock thru my alarms
13-race day
RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run
Feb 13-21 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k
?Mar 14-Great Pi Run?
?Jun 11-Rock n Sole 5 or 8k? honeymoon might interfere
June 19th through Sunday, July 10th SHE Power Virtual Half
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Date.................KM...................Total
2/7....................1.19.................1.19 (Run)
2/10..................1.85.................3.04 (Walk)
2/11..................1.88.................4.92 (Walk)
2/12..................8.8.................13.72 (Bird Count Exercise)
Had gone on a Campus Bird count expedition, walked 8.8 KM in the trails. It was fun recording those birds
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@kristinegift I thought the same thing about House and that would give me an excuse to come to Jersey ;-)
Thanks everyone, she hasn't had any other problems so hopefully it was because of the fever.0 -
@Elise4270 ! Message (with address) sent, and thanks again for organizing all this. I'm trying to wait out an injury (Morton's Neuroma or Metatarsalgia or ... a hurt foot, I guess), so I haven't been attending too well!0
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2/1-3 slow miles + lots of yoga
2/2-5.4 miles+ strength training
2/3-7 miles
2/4-rest day
2/5-3.6 miles hill sprints +strength training
2/6-6.3 miles
2/7-12.2 miles
2/8- 3.3 easy miles + yoga
2/9-4 miles speedwork on treadmill+yoga
2/10-7 miles
2/11-3.5(?) miles +yoga
Was in a bit of a funk when I got out of work yesterday. Lots of stuff on my mind plus a bit of the winter blues. I had planned on doing hill sprints, but it was dark and cold and I just felt like I needed a nice head clearing run. So I left the Garmin at home and just ran. Felt spectacular. Not a very long run, but I finished it off with some good yoga and today I feel much better. Going to tackle those hill sprints tonight!
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Good Morning running fans. I had another good run this morning. It is so good to feel my strength and endurance slowly come back.
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2/01: 3 miles, easy, 8:36 pace + 45 min x-training + core
2/02: 5 miles, tempo, 8:22 pace + 40 min x-training
2/03: 5 miles, speedwork (4x800m at 5K pace) + 45 min strength training + core
2/04: Off (bad head cold -_-), 45 min x-training
2/05: 4 miles, easy, 8:40 pace
2/06: 5 miles, 3 miles at race pace (averaged 7:43) with warm up/cool down + 55 min strength training + core
2/07: 8 miles, long and easy, 8:39 pace
2/08: 3 miles, easy, 8:40 pace + 45 min x-training + core
2/09: 5 miles, 6x2 minutes at 5K pace with 2 minutes recovery jog between plus warm up/cool down
2/10: 4 miles, easy, 8:54 pace + 45 min strength training + core
2/11: 1 mile, quick, 6:52 pace + 45 min x-training
2/12: 5 miles, easy, 8:45 pace
Total: 48.31 miles
Recap:
Nice, easy 5 miles today. We had another frigid morning in Chicago (9 degrees F with 13 mph winds), and some light fluffy snow during my run. Not enough to to really stick though or make the sidewalks too slippery. Another great run and a great start to the day
Upcoming races:
2/20 - Mardi Gras Chaser (5K)
3/12 - Leprechaun Leap (5K)
3/20 - Excalibur 10 Miler
3/26 - Chicago Quarter Marathon
4/09 - Chi Town Half Marathon
5/28 - Soldier Field Run (10 miles)0 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@stoshew71 sorry the run didn't work out. Skip had some sort of an episode on Tuesday. Doctor wasn't sure if it was a seizure or not. She was putting cereal in a bowl and next thing I know she was walking around, dropped the bowl on the floor, was dropping cereal all over the house while she walked bouncing off the counters like she was drunk. She ended up in the living room stiff as a board on the recliner. I grabbed her yelling her name and she finally said why are you screaming at me. She was burning up. She said the last thing she remembered was pouring the cereal and getting dizzy. It was wild. Took her to the doctor she has a double ear infection and strep. He thinks that a sudden spike in her temp might have caused it. She did something similar last week but more of just being dizzy. If it happens again he will start doing tests. He recommended she doesn't Drive until we are sure it was nothing. Never a dull moment. Thanks for asking.
Oh my. I hope she is OK. Prayers out to Skip.
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Shirts have been mailed. Total shipping expenses were 213USD. Collected shipping costs were 143USD. If custom ink send a check or two, well be even. I'm not sweating it.
I donated the collected shipping fees to St Jude's. So, if you feel completed, I think theres a link on my profile page.
Every little bit helps. (I signed up to help raise money for the RNR half.. ) so, congratulations! You guys bought a pair of crutches for a kid at St Jude's! Awesome-sauce! Maybe that kid will be a runner...
I'm hoping everyone got tracking info. If I sent yours from the postal store, you don't have it- I don't know why, but they haven't sent it (probably can not read my handwriting).
My understanding is that if it went flat rate its insured for 50USD.
Yaaaaay! Big kudos for doing this. Let me know if CustomInk did not send the $43.12 refund check.
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@skippygirlsmom I don't know your situation or if she has other health issues. But that sounds quite similar to something my daughter experiences when she has a high temp. They're called confusional seizures according to the paediatric neurologist she sees. We watch for them every time she has a high temp now. They're scary to watch and see, she'll be completely disorientated, drop where she is or lose control of limbs and muscles, she'll swap languages or be totally fuzzy and disorientated. I'm not sure how it works in the states but in Canada they made sure we saw the peds neurologist when I brought her in to ER. And we now follow up with him and do tests just in case. It might be worth seeing if you can get a referral to a neurologist.0
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Date Miles today. Miles for February
2/1 7.55 miles - 7.55
2/2 7.4 miles - 14.95
2/3 4.5 miles - 19.45
2/4 7 miles - 26.45
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 16 miles - 42.45
2/7 REST DAY
2/8 10.5 miles - 52.95
2/9 7.5 miles - 60.45
2/9 3.2 miles - 63.65
2/10 6.4 miles - 70.05
2/11 7.5 miles - 77.55
2/12 6.3 miles - 83.85
Upcoming races:
UAH Spring Road Race 8K - 3/6
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2
Bridge Street HM - 4/10
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler - 6/25
Since we didn't do the Fleet Feet run last night, nor did i go out for a second run, my plans are to do another 3 easy tonight. Long run tomorrow.
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@Elise4270 ! Message (with address) sent, and thanks again for organizing all this. I'm trying to wait out an injury (Morton's Neuroma or Metatarsalgia or ... a hurt foot, I guess), so I haven't been attending too well!
Oh that's awful. I had (may still have?) Pain in the Morton's-ish area. MRI revealled nothing in that area. Doc said sprain. But mine only hurt when DH walked by and squeezed my foot. Easy fix.0 -
@skippygirlsmom -I hope Skip is ok! Sending well wishes to both of you!0
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@skippygirlsmom My daughter had a brief episode of mild seizures that were triggered by pain in her case. Fight? no way, she'll Flight every time. I hope it's nothing serious!
Super cold outside today -23c (-10f) with the windchill. I was already cold when I got home from work, in fact I would have swore on my children's lives the heat wasn't working in my vehicle...but I can't prove it. I knew I could go run outside and get warm, and it would be ok, but I would pay for it when I got home by being even COLDER!
Oh yeah, and there is snow on the road so my feet will be soaked. That's just extra to top up the excuse meter.
So, I used the treadmill. So glad I did actually lol. Looks like my next run will be just as cold so will probably be inside again.
2/01 - x-train
2/02 - 4 miles that came nice and easy
2/03 - nada
2/04 - 3.4
2/05 - x-train
2/06 - 3.3 11'20 split
2/07 - total sloth day. I like sloths, I don't like sloth days.
2/08 - 4.4 was a great run
2/09 - x-train on the stationary bike. Now that is a torture device. Does it have its own nasty name?
2/10 - 4.3 snowy slippy miles
2/11 - x-train on the tortu- i mean stationary bike.
2/12 - 3.3 on the treadmill
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DATE...............MILES...............TOTAL
2/1.....................REST..................0.00
2/2.......................6.50...................6.50
2/3.......................5.00.................11.50
2/4.......................5.00.................16.50
2/5.....................REST.................16.50
2/6...................... 7.50..................24.00
2/7.....................20.00..................44.00
2/8.....................REST.................44.00
2/9.......................6.25..................50.25
2/10.....................4.00..................54.25
2/11...................REST.................54.25
2/12.....................6.00..................60.25
Upcoming races:
May 14, 2016 Glacier Ridge Trail Ultra 50K (Portersville, PA)
June 4, 2106 38 Mile Night Fun Run (Kettle Moraine State Forest, WI)
October 1, 2016 Cloudsplitter 100 Mile (Pine Mountain, KY)
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In spite of the fact that I feel like I'm coming down with a cold or something, I took Kody out for run in light snow and finished with 7.8 easy miles. I had wanted to sprinkle in a few strides in there but the snow was covering up any potential ice below so after nearly wiping out on the first one, I gave up on that idea.
Tomorrow I'm heading out for an early morning trail run. It should be -7ºF when I get out there! Hell yeah!!
@skippygirlsmom, so sorry to hear about Skip!! That is some very scary stuff! We had an incident with our daughter and super high temps when she was an infant and it was one horrible night (everything turned out fine). Will be praying for you guys!
@vandinem hope you get that foot pain sorted out soon! I had metatarsalgia early last summer and it took several weeks to get over it.
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@skippygirlsmom - Hope those episodes are just temps from the infection!
@sleepigirl - Actually, for day 12 out of 29 you are on target (even a little bit ahead). With your current daily average of 1.04 miles you should be around 30.2 miles after 29 days. Keep on kicking butt!!
@kateparry84 - Do you have any running specific compression pants that are made for running in hot weather? Those might be just what you are looking for. Then again if you are already overheating with those...shorts is the obvious answer.
@Elise4270 - Thank you for heading up all of the shipping on all this!
@rune1990 - Treadmill miles are better than no miles!
I seem to have added a couple more races to my calendar.
I also backed out of the BattleFrog obstacle course run on 4/30 because while they advertised it to be in Kansas City they later decided to hold it in Topeka. While that's only an extra 90 minutes there and back (plus toll roads) I would not have signed up for that one in the first place if I had known it would be that far away. That same weekend the Warrior Dash 5K is in Kansas City and I was debating between the two originally. I have opted instead for a half marathon on 5/1 so I can get 4 half marathons on 4 consecutive weekends to add another moon to my Half Fanatics moon level.
After my 3 consecutive crappy runs I had planned to rest 2 days then do easy runs this weekend. But the car had a date with the service center this morning and as fate would have it I could not get a ride home. So I ran the 5.3 miles home.
I muted my phone and just ran at an easy effort, making sure I focused on just enjoying the run yet making sure I kept good form and staying within 4 strides per breath. Well within my easy effort range.
Not only did the run turn out pleasant, but my pace was a LOT faster than expected, even with a potty break and several stops at intersections. My current 5k record pace is 10:19/mile, yet today's easy effort over 5.3 miles was at 11:04/mile. My recent easy runs were pretty consistent around 12:00ish/mile. So...not sure how the heck that happened, but I'm happy with it!
2/1 - 4 miles
2/2 - 4.3 miles
2/4 - 4 miles
2/6 - 11.1 miles
2/8 - 9.5 miles
2/10 - 4.5 miles
2/12 - 5.3 miles
42.7 of 100 miles
Upcoming races:
4/9 - Rock the Parkway half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
4/16 - Garmin Wickedly Fast half marathon (Olathe, KS)
4/23 - Race for Hope half marathon (North Kansas City, MO)
4/30 - BattleFrog 8k obstacle course run (Kansas City, MO)
5/1 - Buffalo Bell Stampede half marathon (Leavenworth, KS)
5/14 - Running with the Cows half marathon (Bucyrus, KS)
6/2 - Hospital Hill 5k 7pm PRE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
6/3 - Hospital Hill half marathon 7am RE-RUN (Kansas City, MO)
10/15 - Kansas City Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO)
11/6 - Kansas half marathon (Lawrence, KS)
11/13 - Gobbler Grind half marathon (Overland Park, KS)
11/20 - Pilgrim Pacer half marathon (Lenexa, KS)
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@skippygirlsmom I don't know your situation or if she has other health issues. But that sounds quite similar to something my daughter experiences when she has a high temp. They're called confusional seizures according to the paediatric neurologist she sees. We watch for them every time she has a high temp now. They're scary to watch and see, she'll be completely disorientated, drop where she is or lose control of limbs and muscles, she'll swap languages or be totally fuzzy and disorientated. I'm not sure how it works in the states but in Canada they made sure we saw the peds neurologist when I brought her in to ER. And we now follow up with him and do tests just in case. It might be worth seeing if you can get a referral to a neurologist.
Thanks everyone for the prayers and good thoughts, you all are the best!!!
@DCKgirl03 that is exactly what it looked like. What we weird was the temp spiked for a very short time. She was warm, then this happened, then she was burning up for a few minutes and then back to being just warm. She's crazy enough without this ha ha! Thanks for all the info.0 -
2/1 - 0
2/2 - 4 miles outside
2/3 - 0
2/4 - 2.75 miles outside
2/5 - 0
2/6 - 4.75 miles treadmill
2/7-10 - 0
2/11 - 4 miles treadmill
15.5 out of 80 miles
Upcoming races:
2/13 - Hug a Cub 5K
4/10 - Bridgestreet HM
5/30 - Cotton Row 10K
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It was rather cold this morning for my run... sub-zero. Because it's a bit of a cut-back week, I only needed 6 this morning, but it felt like I couldn't enough air. I was half-way up a hill and all the oxygen in my lungs was like "K... bye."0
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »It was rather cold this morning for my run... sub-zero. Because it's a bit of a cut-back week, I only needed 6 this morning, but it felt like I couldn't enough air. I was half-way up a hill and all the oxygen in my lungs was like "K... bye."
Kind of makes you want to do what is in your profile pic.
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Did my 5K run yesterday mid-morning in my newer shoes and felt pretty good up until the last tenth of a mile - so maybe my left foot issues are receding! I'm in the same kind of weather as @kateparry84 - warm and beautiful! Also can't run in shorts. I put them on and my family begins to cry out in pain from the pure blinding whiteness that is my legs. Someday though!
I'm getting there with the mileage. I did just sign up for a 5K on Feb 21st - and it is uphill for the first half. More motivation to stay consistent!0 -
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »
I hear ya bro.0 -
Guess that's why we run. So people don't get hurt.0
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