The February 2016 Running Challenge
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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
Feb 21 - 35 mile bike ride
Feb 22 - 4.5 miles
3/3 Orlando City Soccer 5K
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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
2/14: 7 miles
2/15: Rest/lazy day
2/16: 5 miles
2/17: 5 miles (am), 12 miles (pm)
2/18: 8 miles (am), 6 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
2/19: Rest day!
2/20: 8.5 miles
2/21: 16 miles
2/22: 6 miles with Joe to Go crew
Nice and easy recovery run with the 6 am coffee crew! Big group today; about twice as many runners showed up than usual. It was warmer than it has been in the last few weeks, plus by 6:15 we were starting to see daylight! We didn't even have to use headlamps!
Upcoming races:
4/3: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
5/1: New Jersey Marathon0 -
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
13-8k race day. freezing 1F. but i did get a PB and after not finding any particularly friendly people, i did find a few to chat and run with.
15-went to the gym and did a 10k virtual run. it was hard physically but I was proud I did it
16-rest
17-yoga tonight
18-wayward ice chunk took out rental's bumper, went back to insurance and got another car and filed a claim. sigh, no time for run today.
19-planned rest day.
20-7.04mi felt good. i missed the distance. the first few miles are always a struggle. it was my fastest 6-8 miles
21-video game day (borderlands pre-sequel)
totally not making my goal but I think i needed a rest. i was literally falling asleep at my desk this week
RACES:
Jan 16-Frosty 5k-33:43:123 (gun time-don't have chip time)
Feb 13-Steve Cullen Run 8k chip time: 53:37
Feb 15 Puppy Love Virtual Run 10k runkeeper time: 1:13:20
?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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runner_girl83 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
aww, i think they look cute. they look like my dragon
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I kinda over did it this weekend I told myself I would run Friday and Saturday but I ended running in Sunday and today I had squats and deadlifts and felt kinda bad. Really weak on both of them. This is my problem with running. I want to run all the time and I hate rest days
@runner_girl83 that's a great story you made me laugh at that mental image0 -
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
2/13.....................4.75..................65.00
2/14...................12.75..................77.75
2/15...................REST.................77.75
2/16.....................5.25..................83.00
2/17...................REST.................83.00
2/18...................REST.................83.00
2/19.....................4.25..................87.25
2/20.....................3.00..................90.25
2/21...................REST.................90.25
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)0 -
Been sick as dog for about nine days. Only managed 12.5 last week. Glad I pre-planned an "off week" into my training schedule.0
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Had a rough weekend spending time in the hospital with my sister. I was still able to get some good runs in over the weekend.
Sat - 1.5
Sun - 3.1
Mon - 3![exercise.png[\img]](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wh6rj6g/exercise.png[\img])
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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
2/12-strength training
2/13-12 miles
2/14-rest day
2/15-3.4 miles treadmill intervals
2/16-4.4 miles +yoga
2/17-7.5 mile Tempo run +strength training
2/18-5.1 miles +yoga
2/19-rest day
2/20-7 miles
2/21-14 miles
Congrats on the great races everyone had this weekend. Nice job @ariceroni on the 5K PR! From your posts, I have noticed that we train at pretty similar paces. I am looking for a 5K in March to try and hit close to the 22 minute mark, so this was a nice vote of confidence for me. My last 5K was well over a year ago and since then I have run 2 5 mile races at a faster pace than my 5K PR, so I am pretty sure a PR is in the works, but I really don't know what to expect. Nice to see you did so well! For the record, I think 5Ks are one of the hardest distances to race. Kind of not looking forward to it.
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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
2/14 REST DAY Happy Valentines Day
2/15 8.1 miles - 111.25 << First run of 2 today
2/15 4 miles - 115.25 << Second run of the day. I hate cold rain.
2/16 10 miles - 125.25
2/17 5 miles - 130.25
2/18 11 miles - 141.25
2/19 6.2 miles - 147.45
2/20 16 miles - 163.45
2/21 REST DAY
2/22 8.5 miles - 171.95
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
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Just checking in. I've been struggling the last two months but I'm almost me again. I feel like having the muscle injury messed with my head more than my body. And now that my body is allowed to do things again, I'm having to get my head on straight. Which doesn't really make sense to me, because the only thing I was focused on was getting to run again. And now that I can...I can't seem to make myself actually get out there and do it. Wtf. So anyway, I'm still here even if I'm not really here.0
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@Virkati - I had some similar feelings starting back up with a running plan after getting fully rested up from my series of fulls last fall. I wound up deciding to only do short distances, and work on strength and speed. The running actually kind of sucked at a few of the early points but once a little bit of rhythm came on I started running regularly again. At this point it is pretty obvious I have changed my training plan and race plans back to long distances. I guess it is kind of like a smoking hot wild and dangerous romance or something. Once you're caught up in it nothing seems better, even if it takes a toll on you. Once you have some time away though you start to wonder what the hell you were thinking, but will probably go back to it again if you get another taste of it.
Ran 5 miles this morning at an easy effort. The "effort feel" was the same as yesterday (and so was the average HR) but my pace today was 32 seconds per mile faster than yesterday, which is actually somewhat near my target HM pace. So if I am lucky I may blow well past my target HM PR goal of 2:30 (fingers crossed). Speedwork intervals tomorrow!
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
2/21 - 4 miles
2/22 - 5 miles
87.2 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)0 -
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kristinegift wrote: »@9voice9 I must have missed it... what was your surgery? Hope the healing is going well!
I'm having a re-repair done on the hernia I had fixed last year, prior to getting hit by a car (which apparently tore up the previous fix). The surgery will be on Wednesday, so the rest of the month is pretty much shot (except MAYBE a little walking).0 -
Update - 20 miles to go. If all goes according to plan (no snow/ice/sick kids), I will make it. Started mixing outdoor runs/with treadmill for Historic Half training. 12 weeks until race day as of last Sunday! Run. Run. Run.
2/22 3.05 mi
2/20 5.27 mi
2/18 3.29 mi
2/17 4.00 mi
2/16 3.39 mi
2/11 4.40 mi
2/10 3.47 mi
2/9 3.00 mi
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@_nikkiwolf_ you are right I need to make sure my running stuff is on top. After the plane trip I'll need to run. Great job in the distance PR
@honunui sunscreen - check! I looked at underwater cameras and I don't go underwater enough to make it worth buying (unless you count my pool ha ha). We are going to just buy a disposable with the hope it'll be okay.
@ddmom0811 and @calli1616 thanks great minds pack alike
@kristinegift We leave on Thursday for a week. We wanted to see Race this weekend and never had a chance. The Jesse Owens museum is here locally, as a matter of fact XC runs the Jesse Owens Classic there each year. The local news interviewed one of the ladies form the museum and she said the facts of his life were true as shown in the movie. We saw Unbroken a few months back about Louis Zamperini who was a Olympic runner, the movie was more about his time in a POW camp, but he completed in the same Olympics as Jesse Owens and it's mentioned in Unbroken. Maybe we'll wait for it to come out to see it.
@shanaber love the pictures, what an awesome race venue
@ohhim super 15K time!!!!
@runner_girl83 yeah for painfree running - the water dragons I can do without
@orphia love the wallaby picture, I get to see like dogs and cats on my runs
@stoshew71 nice shirt (I got orange) I recognize the faces behind you
@obro70 I hope your sister is okay
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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
2/14 - 15 - 0
2/16 - 4 miles outside
2/17- 0
2/18 -0
2/19 - 2.5 with Macy
2/20 - 4 miles - no real pain
2/21 - 2.5 miles - ouch from the first mile
I thought I ran 2 days in a row, I completely forgot I did a sniff and run with Macy on Friday. So that's better I got in 2 pain free (basically) days before a day with pain. Slowly but surly getting better. Though I'm starting to see my HM not happening in April, at least not a full 13.1 of running.
32.7 out of 80 miles
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On another word, just got done posting my new blog about training plans.
http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/2016/02/my-gripes-on-training-plans.html
I am just wondering if anyone read my training plan blog. I am curious on feedback. I made some slight modifications just earlier on it.
@skippygirlsmom Have fun in Hawaii. Did A make it back to go as well? And yes, those 2 faces should be very recognizable. :-)
Sorry your progress is not going as fast as you like it to be.
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I missed this one...I've never run 8.6 km before (my furthest is 7 km), but I do at least 2 weekly walks of 10 km.
Any tips on planning runs leading up to next Saturday's event?
Take any new mileage very easy. An extra 1km and half shouldn't be too much of a problem.
@9voice9 Hope the surgery goes well and a speedy recovery.
Good luck @TheMobileMom
Thanks for checking in @Virkati and hope things get better for you.
Hope your sister is OK @cbro70
get well @MorningGhost14
Take it easy @AdrianChr92
Get some rest @moyer566
Nice mileage @kristinegift
@_nikkiwolf_ Congrats on your distance PB. Now work that weekly mileage up.
@snha I don't have a suggestion on a particular plan but if you read my blog, maybe that will help you in deciding which one is good or help you modify an existing plan.
@4leighbee Good luck getting back into the swing of things
I know I am not caught up, but wanted to make an attempt. Great job everyone.0 -
@ohhim, awesome time on the 15k!
@vandinem great job on the weight loss!
@ariceroni spectacular time on the 5k!
@shanaber, how could one not have a great time at that race with such beautiful scenery! thanks for posting the pix.
@Calli1616 congrats on the PR!
@_nikkiwolf_ , distance PR's are awesome, congrats!
@cbro70, sorry to hear about your sister. Hope all ends well.
@Virkati, I know how that feels. I didn't have a layoff that long, but when you get back to it, you wonder if you really can run like you did before. I suggest going out for a run with no preset goals. Just run however at whatever pace you like, for whatever distance.
@Stoshew71 I haven't read your latest blog post yet but I saved it to my "Pocket" for reading soon.
@HonuNui that sounds scary! I pray your son recovers completely!0 -
@skippygirlsmom Have fun in Hawaii. Did A make it back to go as well? And yes, those 2 faces should be very recognizable. :-)
Sorry your progress is not going as fast as you like it to be.
Thanks @stoshew71 slow and steady and I'll run another day, it's frustrating but all good. Yes he is home, but is going overseas again right after we get back for another job. This time until July to start and then it's a 3 year assignment after that, with some options to come back in a year or something like that.0 -
Saturday morning I got out for 8.3 miles. It was a fantastic run! I managed a 9:30 pace with a HR of only 140. I have NEVER managed pace that fast and still be in the easy run HR range. Pretty stoked about that. Kody went with me and he was pretty tired by the time we got home. I really wanted to keep going (my plan called for 13 miles) but with my recent knee tendon pain, I'm forcing myself to easy back in.
Saturday afternoon I got in another 1.3 miles in during a "hash run" with a local Hash House Harrier group, at a 2.3 beer/mile pace. Hash House Harriers are a drinking group with a running problem. A hash run is a sort of game whereby one person, the hare, marks a trail and every one else tries to follow it to the end by running, walking or stumbling. The trail is usually marked with flour or chalk, has false trails and blind trails, with beer stops at the beginning, middle, and end. In this case the hash was a small group who got together to celebrate my neighbors birthday, and it was a short one. This was only 3 hash run ever. A great time, but I had hoped for more running.
Sunday evening during my son's soccer practice I ran 5.4 tough miles. Completely different than Saturday's run, this one was at a pace of 9:41 with a 147 HR. Not a lot higher but out of my easy range so faster than I should have run it, but I had to get back in time for the end of practice. Must be the lack of sleep.
I felt bad after posting a picture of Kody when he found out he wasn't going on a run with me, so here's a picture of him just before he did go run with me on Saturday. I'll have to take a video next time, to really capture his excitement. This picture doesn't quite capture it.
Once again I won't hit my goal. No way I can run 55 miles in a week at this stage.
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Before...
After...
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WOW! That's awesome, @JohnONE29!0
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Wow @JohnONE29 it took me a second to realize those pictures were of the same person! Looking good!0
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@JohnONE29 Awesome progress! Very nice!
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Wow @JohnONE29 - that is fantastic! And you look so relaxed and happy crossing that finish line in the second photo! Congrats!0
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Big kudos @JohnONE290
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2/1 - Rest day. Semi-planned.
2/2 - Snow Day
2/3 - 4 miles on treadmill
2/4 - 5.1 miles on treadmill (Trek class). Sore knee this morning...hoping it is from shoveling and not running related. Didn't get worse when I ran, so I am going to cautiously push through.
2/5 - 4 miles on treadmill
2/6 - Life day...too busy to squeeze in a run :-(
2/7 - 5.4 windy miles, but warm for Feb.
2/8 - Another life day. Wife's mother in hospital not well, so she is out of town...gotta get kids to school, etc.
2/9 - 4 miles on treadmill. Convinced all three kids to go to the Y with me after dinner.
2/10 - 2/14 - Nothing.
2/15 - Again, 0.
2/16 - 4 miles on treadmill, hotter than blazes in the gym!
2/17 - Another life day.
2/18 - 4.1 wet, squishy, windy, springy miles...it was fun!
2/19 - 4 miles on a teeny, tiny indoor track (76 laps)
2/20 - Spin class with my Y friends...raising funds
2/21 - 4.3 miles, nice and comfortable
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