The February 2016 Running Challenge

2/3 - 3 miles
2/6 - 4 miles - first ever beach run!
2/10 - 2 miles (actually, this was a brisk walk but I'm gonna count it!)
2/11 - 3.5 miles
2/14 - 2 miles
2/15 - 2 mile walk with the little dog (not counting this below)
2/16 - 2 miles
2/18 - 2 mile walk (not counted)
2/19 - 3 miles

19.5 miles/ 30 mile goal

@HonuNui Thanks!

One month till your Big Island International HM! Getting excited?

1---6.10
2---rest
3---6.25
4---6.26
5---not enough rest day
6---15K
7-9--busted knee.
10-- 6.30
11---rest
12---7.05
13---rest dumb knee
14---7.39 (4.41) behind
15---rest dumb knee
16--- 4.60
17---5.73 run/walk
18---7.73 Sulphur park
19---Nada
20---6.72 group run PB 10K, 1:04:48 (30 seconds). Which is super since the 2nd mile was up hill. And the run back was against the wind.


73.57/Goal 110+ miles

Upcoming races:
03/19/16 Rock N Roll 5K Dallas
03/20/16 Rock N Roll Half Dallas
04/24/16 OKC Memorial undecided distance
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
Run the year 2016  173.61/2016

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
Feb 14 - 36 mile bike ride
Feb 15 - 7.5 miles
Feb 16 - 3.6 miles
Feb 17 - strength training
Feb 18 - 5.04 miles + 1 hour spinning class
Feb 19 - strength training
Feb 20 - 34 mile bike ride






3/3 Orlando City Soccer 5K

@Ohhim wow! Stellar run!

@Orphia - Congrats on the 5k PR! I understand the frustration of progress towards the 30 minute barrier. You are closer than I am though!

As for the 8.6k you should be able to do it with people around you and an official finish line ahead of you. I wouldn't try and run any harder or longer this week, j7st do as planned but take one or two days off before the run.

@kristinegift - I've never had espresso before a run. Sounds like something I won't try after hearing that.

@Ohhim - Sounds like it went very well, congrats!

10 miles this morning. My legs felt a little slow and the last half felt a little more tiring than it probably should have, so I was expecting to have a slow average time. My average pace wound up being right smack where I wanted it though once I finally looked at things when it was all over. My goal of a 2:30:00 half is very much in sight!

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
2/14 - 9.2 miles
2/15 - 4 miles
2/16 - 4 miles
2/17 - 4.3 miles
2/18 - 4 miles
2/20 - 10 miles

78.2 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)
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 half marathon Marathon 26.2 (Kansas City, MO)
11/5 - Jenks half marathon (Jenks, OK)
11/6 - Kansas half marathon (Lawrence, KS)
11/12 - Longview half marathon (Kansas City, MO)
11/13 - Gobbler Grind half marathon (Overland Park, KS)
11/19 - White River half marathon (Cotter, AR)
11/20 - Pilgrim Pacer half marathon (Lenexa, KS)

vandinem wrote: »

Date      Miles      MTD
------    -----    -----
Feb 02      4.4T     4.4
Feb 20      4.7      9.1

About two-weeks into my foot-injury-inspired running hiatus, I discovered that when I wore my Brooks Pureflows walking around, I was just about pain free (this is some sort of neuroma under the ball of my left foot), so I decided to try an easy run today in those and I'd call it a qualified success. I'll see what a mix of shorter runs and these shoes will accomplish.

In other great news, I hit my 25 pound weight loss goal this AM! This started last July with my first MFP Monthly Running Challenge, and about 3 months in I combined that with a more paleo, processed-sugar-free diet, and got to where I wanted to be. Not Reality TV weight loss, but I think it will last!

And this:

Congratulations on the weigh loss and the run! Love the shirt. Only a few people opted for the orange, I think it turned out the best!

Ran 5k yesterday and no pain in my knee.. Not even a niggle! I took the inserts out as I didn't have enough bandaids left for my arches.. Just ran at my usual pace and no problems! I know that my hip probably does need work - The fact that I look really uncomfortable when I run (like Igor!) But I am thinking, could it just be that that's the way I run? I am still getting the Brooks for my birthday.. I do need that extra arch support (and the iserts I bought seem to be really big in the arch area, not sure why) So the Brooks will help there I'm sure.. But maybe my hip has always been like this and I only noticed it because I pushed myself too fast at Parkrun? The first time I had any knee pain was straight after Parkrun... Before that, I had run many 10kms, 13km and even one 15km with no more than a bit of shin splints (which aren't too bad now anyway)... Then I do one fast 5k and my knee felt like it was about to collapse on me. I've only been running once a week since... Though yesterdays run was the first run without pain entirely. So... How do you run parkrun and not push yourself to the point of agony? I didn't even get this pain after my 10k race back in October .. So I must have really pushed myself this time eh?

michable wrote: »

Most scary thing out running when it is still dark - spiderweb across the path at head height with a big, fat spider in it. Especially when you don't see the web before you have run through it. Then you're freaking out, trying to pull web off your face and work out if there is a huge spider on you somewhere. I have been known to turn around and run the other way if I see a big web across the path.

Next scariest thing - dogs. If I see a dog ahead in the distance on the street, without its owner, I turn right around and run the other way.

I have also been attacked by birds - I must have been running close to their nest, and maybe they had some little ones they were protecting; but they were these big ground dwelling birds, mainly black with a red crest and blue breast and a hooked beak, and they came after me snapping at the backs of my legs. I ran a bit faster. My husband has been attacked by a duck while out running.

And that's not to mention magpies that swoop during spring when they are nesting. Oh, and the occasional snake on the path, too.

I have to say that the kangaroos never attack. Even if they are as big as me, they just watch me go by.

And the water dragons!! At the lake where I do some of my shorter runs they can be up to 2 feet long.. They run onto the path right in front of you and nearly cause you to break your ankles trying to jump over them! Once I had my music up so loud I must have screamed when a big one actually ran out onto the path and towards me - Everyone on the path at either end heard me and turned to watch lol

I've even had a baby one run up and bite my toe once when I was wearing sandals.. Couldn't get it off my foot! It didn't hurt.. Just looked strange having my whole toe in it's mouth while I kicked madly to get rid of it lol