The February 2016 Running Challenge
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MorningGhost14 wrote: »@shanaber and @Elise4270 ... and anyone else on my Friends list... I apologize for "unfriending" you without notice... I had reason to believe my account had been compromised.... #aintdivorcefun
Ha-ha! Crazy-ness! No sweat- I don't keep track of my friends, they hang with me or they don't. No worries. But I did miss you.0 -
Now I fully understand the profile pic! Sorry you have to deal with going through that!MorningGhost14 wrote: »@shanaber and @Elise4270 ... and anyone else on my Friends list... I apologize for "unfriending" you without notice... I had reason to believe my account had been compromised.... #aintdivorcefun
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I hope it's ok that I'm joining the challenge halfway through the month. I did some of these challenges last year and they're great!
After a pretty dismal December for running (I ran 3 times), I spent January getting back into it and now ready to start ramping up my mileage again. My goal for February is 200km and I'm sitting at 77km so far. I have a 50 mile race in June that I'm working towards.
Happy running everyone!
Of course! Join in!0 -
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No worries - I was wondering where you were off to and missing your humorous posts but figured you were just busy. I am so sorry you are dealing with those issues. It is tough to deal with regardless which side of the table you are on (lawyer or client).MorningGhost14 wrote: »@shanaber and @Elise4270 ... and anyone else on my Friends list... I apologize for "unfriending" you without notice... I had reason to believe my account had been compromised.... #aintdivorcefun
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10/2….strength day
11/2….5.01
12/2….11.23
13/2….10.00
Goal : 71.89 / 180 km
Left knee is very sore. I know I definitely over did it! BUT I did the 10k virtual run! If I have to walk now for a month, I don’t mind. I have the HM next month, but as it’s another virtual I can walk it, if need be. My husband bought me a resistance band today (He asked me what I wanted for Valentines Day)
So I will be icing my knee, rolling out my glutes and doing a bit of strength and stretching for a little while!
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Not bad today. Now up to 14/1m run walk intervals.
date....distance.... Mtd......ytd
1/2........ 5k.............5k.........50k
3/2.........5k.............10k......55k
7/2.........5k.............15k.......60k
10/2.......5k.............20k.......65k
12/2.......5k.............25k.......70k
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Well done everyone, but especially to those establishing a running/walking routine.
Finally got out for a run this am, after a mad week at work. So glad to have a week off. I'm aiming to run 3 or 4 times next week.
I can't get my ticker to work
. I've done 17.1km, 22.9km to go! 0 -
Hello all, I started the February challenge a week ago. am new to running and will be running/walking. need get ticker. My goal is 50 miles for month. know that low but wanted could meet hopefully exceed. so far have Completed 14 miles. in Philadelphia it freezing hard outside. It not as much fun at gym0
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2/1: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/2: 5 miles
2/3: 7.5 miles
2/4: 8.2 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/5: Rest day (hallelujah!)
2/6: 9.5 miles with the Saturday crew
2/7: 18 miles LR
2/8: 6.1 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/9: Rest day
2/10: 7 miles speedwork (am), 10 miles (pm)
2/11: 6 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/12: Rest day!
2/13: 14 miles with Saturday crew
I ended up heading to my group run this morning. The temperature at 6 am was going to be the same temperature through the day, but with increasing winds each hour. So I thought it would be nice to suffer as a group rather than alone. Plus my running buddy was running her longest run of her marathon training plan so far, and no one else was doing more than 6-7, so I went with her and ran the 2nd half with her. But oh boy, was it cold!! 18-20 degrees, with winds 10-25 mph which meant a "real feel" temp of 5-10 degrees. Had I been running solo, I probably would have crapped out early because it was pretty miserable. But having someone to complain with made it much easier
Now counting down til the Olympic Marathon Trials start! Going to a viewing party where we'll have a superbowl-esque food spread, because let's be real... this is the running version of the superbowl. So excited for the women's race! I run for a Oiselle team, so of course I'll be rooting for the Oiselle "birds" out there on the course!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
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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
2/12 3.3 miles - 87.15 <<< Daily double
2/13 16 miles - 103.15
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
Cold and windy this morning with my WRH Saturday Morning Bridgestreet runners.
Getting ready to cheer on Brandon York for the Olympic Trials. We are meeting at one of the microbrews here in town called the Salty Nut.
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kristinegift wrote: »2/1: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/2: 5 miles
2/3: 7.5 miles
2/4: 8.2 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/5: Rest day (hallelujah!)
2/6: 9.5 miles with the Saturday crew
2/7: 18 miles LR
2/8: 6.1 miles with Joe to Go crew
2/9: Rest day
2/10: 7 miles speedwork (am), 10 miles (pm)
2/11: 6 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/12: Rest day!
2/13: 14 miles with Saturday crew
I ended up heading to my group run this morning. The temperature at 6 am was going to be the same temperature through the day, but with increasing winds each hour. So I thought it would be nice to suffer as a group rather than alone. Plus my running buddy was running her longest run of her marathon training plan so far, and no one else was doing more than 6-7, so I went with her and ran the 2nd half with her. But oh boy, was it cold!! 18-20 degrees, with winds 10-25 mph which meant a "real feel" temp of 5-10 degrees. Had I been running solo, I probably would have crapped out early because it was pretty miserable. But having someone to complain with made it much easier
Now counting down til the Olympic Marathon Trials start! Going to a viewing party where we'll have a superbowl-esque food spread, because let's be real... this is the running version of the superbowl. So excited for the women's race! I run for a Oiselle team, so of course I'll be rooting for the Oiselle "birds" out there on the course!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon
Same here! Goucher is trying one more time! I'm working today. Hoping to catch it still!
Side note-mfp finally updated its app, I can see pics and tickers now, wooo hooo!0 -
@Elise4270 Definitely rooting for Kara! I listened to the Another Mother Runner podcast interviews with non-elite qualifying women who run for Oiselle, and it was so cool to hear all their "regular people" stories about how they got their OT qualifying times. Very inspirational!0
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Been a busy week. Some of those rest days were simply days I couldn't find time to run. Legs feel supercharged the last few days though. That's good. Hoping to log some mileage today and tomorrow to be ahead of the goal pace for the month.
500 unread posts. I'll pass. Hope everyone is healthy and having a great February.
2-1: 3 miles (and 27 on bike)
2-2: rest
2-3: 6.6 miles
2-4: 2.5 miles (and 30 minutes of core work)
2-5: 4 miles
2-6: rest
2-7: rest
2-8: 5 miles
2-9: rest
2-10: rest
2-11: 4 miles
2-12: 5 miles
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@MorningGhost14 - that sounds like a miserable run. No oxygen, I've had that biking.
@elise4270 - thank you again for the shipping. Mine says delivery is today, so excited. I want to just put it on and run.
When I did the Good Form Running clinic they talked about the 180 stride and the person running the clinic who owns the running store said she can't do it. She's been running about 30 years and she goes 170. But they showed us a video of some olympic race where the guys were doing 180 with shorter strides -- and obviously going very fast. I can't get to 180 myself but working on it.
Feb 1 - 4.27
Feb 2- repairing/recovery day.
Feb 3 - Strength training 4.5 miles
Feb 4 - rest
Feb 5 - Strength training
Feb 6 - 34 mile bike ride
Feb 7 - 13.1 HM - New PR 2:18:57!!!
Feb 8 - 3.05 mile recovery run.
Feb 9 - 1 hour spinning class
Feb 10 - Strength training
Feb 11 - 6 miles
Feb 12 - recovery day
Feb 13 - 34 mile bike ride
3/3 Orlando City Soccer 5K0 -
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
2/12 - 0
2/13 - 3.2 (5K race) with 1 mile warm up
10.7 out of 80 miles
Ran a 5K today at Skip's old Elementary School. Her track team volunteered to help out and worked with the timer. It was a cold one, 25F at the start 17F with wind chill, most of the race was out of too much wind which was good. I KT taped my knee and had ZERO pain until about 5 mins AFTER the race. At mile 2 it started to talked to me but that was a downhill portion, the minute I passed the downhill it stopped. 30:54 so no where near my 5K PR, I was just happy to be out there
I finished 4th in my AG (behind Skip's 4th grade teacher LOL) and 65th overall of I think 180 or something. Over 250 were signed up but I guess the cold kept them away. 0 -
@ddmom0811 yea! I have my fingers crossed all make to their destinations. I haven't put mine on, feel like bad luck until everyone has theirs.
@kristinegift pretty cool on the Oiselle team! I didn't know there were non-professional teams. That is so cool. I found a way to watch it from work.0 -
kristinegift wrote: »@Elise4270 Definitely rooting for Kara! I listened to the Another Mother Runner podcast interviews with non-elite qualifying women who run for Oiselle, and it was so cool to hear all their "regular people" stories about how they got their OT qualifying times. Very inspirational!
Skip has been following Kara, what an inspiration she is! Of course Huntsville's own Brandon York is running today too!0 -
MorningGhost14 wrote: »@shanaber and @Elise4270 ... and anyone else on my Friends list... I apologize for "unfriending" you without notice... I had reason to believe my account had been compromised.... #aintdivorcefun
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skippygirlsmom wrote: »kristinegift wrote: »@Elise4270 Definitely rooting for Kara! I listened to the Another Mother Runner podcast interviews with non-elite qualifying women who run for Oiselle, and it was so cool to hear all their "regular people" stories about how they got their OT qualifying times. Very inspirational!
Skip has been following Kara, what an inspiration she is! Of course Huntsville's own Brandon York is running today too!
I'll look for him!0 -
@ddmom0811 yea! I have my fingers crossed all make to their destinations. I haven't put mine on, feel like bad luck until everyone has theirs.
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Mine arrived! I'm not worried about bad luck. Put it on straight away! Thank you!
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@ddmom0811 yea! I have my fingers crossed all make to their destinations. I haven't put mine on, feel like bad luck until everyone has theirs.
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Mine arrived! I'm not worried about bad luck. Put it on straight away! Thank you!
Yea! That's super!
Most went out 2 day, for others it calculated 3days. So I'd hope if you don't get it today it'll be Monday.0 -
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
2/13: 5 miles, 1 mile/800m/2x400m at 5K pace with warm up/cool down + 55 min strength training
Total: 53.31 miles
Recap:
It was -9 degrees (F) with windchill out this morning so I did my run on the treadmill today *sigh*. 1 mile warm up, 1 mile @ 6:58 pace, 1 mile easy, ½ mile @ 6:58 pace, ½ mile easy, 2x1/4 mile @ 6:58 pace with ¼ mile easy. My legs were so tired by the end! I have such a hard time being motivated to run on the treadmill.
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 -
February Running Totals (miles)
[1/31 – 14.01 easy with hills]
2/1 – 6.08 easy + 4 strides
2/2 – 9.73 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/3 – 6.30 group run
2/4 – 11.04 long speed work
2/5 – scheduled rest day
2/6 – 15.00 long speed work
Weekly total 62.16 vs. target 62
2/7 – 11.35 easy 1.5 hour
2/8 – 5.96 easy + 4 strides
2/9 – 11.08 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/10 – 6.01 easy
2/11 – 11.75 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/12 – scheduled rest day
2/13 – 22 steady on inside track
Weekly total 68.15 vs. target 68
February total to date – 116.30
Goal – 62 or 68 miles per week, per training plan
Expected February total - 262 to 265 miles
Today's notes – The forecast for today had us in for the coldest weather of the season. It came true. The Freezeroo race that I didn't enter today got canceled because the local police decided it wasn't safe. The training program I pace for canceled runs due to weather, for which I was grateful. The venue is all rolling hills, but temperature near zero, 25 mph wind, snow underfoot, no heated shelter to go back to mid-way through the run, and needing 9 more miles than the longest sponsored training run combined to make me uneasy with that location.
I went to bed last night undecided between running shorter (4 to 10 mile) loops from home with stops to change out water bottles, or just running on the indoor track that I use for Tuesday and Thursday speed work. Got out to shovel the driveway while my steel cut oats simmered, saw the road conditions, felt the wind, and made the decision. Today I am a weather wimp. With the outdoor temperature between -1° and +3° F (-18° to -16° C) and winds of 25 to 30 mph, I decided to run on the indoor track. I could run 10 miles outside in this, and probably 13; but 22 is just too much.
Got GPS signal at the track, but it wasn't accurate indoors. Garmin thought I ran 19.2 miles. I know better. I counted 8 laps, then pressed lap on the watch, 22 times. There is a sign saying 8 laps to the mile; but it's a 200m track. A mile is really ~1610 meters, so I need an extra lap for every 20 miles. So after my 22 x 1600m at E pace with no recovery, I ran another lap plus 20 paces to estimate the extra 20m for the last 2 miles. I'm calling this one 22 miles even, in 2:57:42, for an average pace of 8:05 per mile. That makes sense, since my 200m laps were all within a few seconds of a minute, one way or the other. Next time I run this venue, I need to remember to disable GPS on the watch.
I never thought I'd wimp out and do a long steady run on the track, but today the mental challenge of running steady in circles was less than the physical challenge of running 22 miles outside. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get milder weather for a 100 minute run; 10° F (-12° C) and 5 to 7 mph wind would be good enough.
Upcoming races:
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY)
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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Gravitationally Challenged this morning.
Rolled over looked at the clock 09:14. Running club leaves from the Coffee shop Parking Lot at 09:00 for long run day.
Geared up went to the Coffee shop and went for a short 9 km run up Misery Mountain. Picked this run/distance as based on timing it should get me back at about the same time as the Long Runners. I could see 2 runners returning just as I was coming down the last slope. Sat down with them and waited an Hour for the Next group to show up. They were just doing 10 minutes more than the first group, Zagged when they should have Zigged and got lost on the Riverbank Trails. Everyone had a good laugh, especially since this is a trail they run on all the time. They were so busy Talking they didn't notice until they ran into a Farmers Yard - dead end trail. And that's how they ended up doing 30 km today.
02/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140.0 – 150.8 Km
02/06 – 9.0 Km – 9.0 – 131.0
02/07 – 21.1 Km – 30.1 - 109.9
02/08 – 6.0 Km – 36.1 - 103.9
02/10 – 8.0 Km – 44.1 - 95.9 – 194.9 Km
02/13 – 9.0 Km – 53.1 – 86.9 – 203.9 Km
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@ddmom0811 yea! I have my fingers crossed all make to their destinations. I haven't put mine on, feel like bad luck until everyone has theirs.
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Mine arrived! I'm not worried about bad luck. Put it on straight away! Thank you!
Yea! That's super!
Most went out 2 day, for others it calculated 3days. So I'd hope if you don't get it today it'll be Monday.
Got mine today!! Love them! Love the colors! Thanks @Elise4270, @Stoshew71, @skippygirlsmom - you all had a part in making it come together!!
BTW - if you don't get yours today it will likely be Tuesday - Monday is a holiday.0 -
What a fantastic run this morning! I did as we have been talking about here lately - went out and just ran without paying attention to pace or distance, because it was beautiful out and just felt so good. When I got home I was surprised by how far I had gone and how long I was out. Doesn't exactly fit in my taper program but I am ok with it since my average HR was only 100... Guess it was an easy enough run!
Date..........Miles.........Total
02/01.......4.15..........4.15 - Treadmill run at the hotel
02/02.......0.00..........4.15
02/03.......3.55..........7.70 - Treadmill run at the hotel
02/04.......0.00..........7.70
02/05.......4.12........11.82 - Yay for running outdoors!
02/06.......0.00........11.82
02/07.....13.20........25.02 - Surf City HM
02/08.......4.50........29.52 - Agility
02/09.......6.10........35.62 - +Strength Training
02/10.......0.00........35.62
02/11.......4.32........39.94 - +Strength Training
02/12.......0.00........39.94
02/13.......7.22........47.16
These are my upcoming races, let me know if you are going to be running too:
02/20/16 - Special Edition Divas Half, Temecula, CA0
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