November 2016 Running Challenge

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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    juliet3455 wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    I did intervals and worked on speed (which I never do). I didn't even know my legs could run at a 8:00 min mile pace...ha ha of course it was only for like 2 - 3 tenths of a mile ha ha
    @skippygirlsmom A PR is a PR no matter what the net distance is. :)

    Thanks @juliet3455

    Hey who made it 30 degrees in Florida :smirk:
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    @HonuNui - Just saw your November goal! Love it! I have a greyhound (VJ) that runs with such joy it is amazing! I can't run with him though, he's way fast and is done after about 1k!
    @dkabambe - That looks like a fabulous place...I want to run there, too!
    @kristinegift - Sorry your race didn't go how you wanted. Great job pushing through!
    @7lenny7 - Where's the 3 for 2 sale? Is it a chain? I would like to get some trail shoes as well, but am having a hard time justifying the expense to myself.
    @OSUBuckeye906 - FWIW, I have used Ghost 4, 6, 7 and 8. They haven't changed much over that time...I love them!
    @katharmonic, @midwesterner85, @kristinegift, @cms721 - It occurs to me, on a relative scale, there are a lot of Iowans in this little group! Represent!
    @MNLittleFinn - Might be late, but I got some inexpensive tights (C9) at Target. Both pairs have made it through 2 winters and have been fine down to 15° themselves, or a little lower with an outer pair of pants. I always wear shorts over them, because I have a rule about always having two layers between junk and the world :wink: (midwestern modesty)
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    @karllundy not too late. planning a Target trip to see what the local store has.
  • lissadecker
    lissadecker Posts: 220 Member
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    November goal: 75 miles
    11/1: 3 miles (m)
    11/2: Rest Day
    11/3: 3 miles
    11/4: 3 miles (m)
    11/5: 3 miles
    11/6: 2.75 miles
    11/7: 3 miles (m)
    11/8: 3 miles
    11/9: Rest Day
    11/10: Rest Day
    11/11: No running per Doc
    11/12: No running per Doc
    11/13: No running per Doc
    11/14: No running per Doc
    11/15: No running per Doc
    11/16: 4 miles
    11/17: 4 miles
    11/18: 4 miles
    11/19: 4 miles
    11/20: 5 miles
    11/21: 5 miles
    11/22: 5 miles

    My Total/November: 51.75 miles
    Mike's Total: 9 miles

    Another 5 miles for me and Fergus this morning...temps in the 60s...a nice morning for running. With the holiday coming up and Mike not having to work on the truck for 4 days, I may be getting some company for my runs over the weekend, so that will be nice. Also, I think I want to try to do a race a month; I am going to start looking for 5 and/or 10K races to do in January and February.

    Have a great day everyone!

    Upcoming Race:
    12/3 Snowball Run 5K, Kingwood TX

    OK, so the ticker does eventually update, it just seems to take it a while. :(

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  • Getfitat54
    Getfitat54 Posts: 526 Member
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    Got my 2 in this morning, making my monthly mileage so far 16.06
    Looking to get my 30 by the end of the month, only 13.94 to go.
  • Ericsmi
    Ericsmi Posts: 128 Member
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    Goal: 50 Mi Run / 50 Mi Walk
    11/01 3.28 mi run 3.28 mi run total
    11/01 1.57 mi walk 1.57 mi walk total
    11/03 4.44 mi run 7.72 mi run total
    11/05 3.71 mi run 11.43 mi run total
    11/05 1.08 mi walk 2.65 mi walk total
    11/06 5.26 mi run 16.69 mi run total
    11/06 0.71 mi walk 3.36 mi walk total
    11/09 3.59 mi run 20.28 mi run total
    11/10 4.01 mi run 24.29 mi run total
    11/10 1.54 mi walk 4.9 mi walk total
    11/12 3.23 mi run 27.52 mi run total
    11/15 6.05 mi run 33.57 mi run total
    11/17 4.51 mi run 38.08 mi run total
    11/20 6.48 mi run 44.56 mi run total
    11/20 3.19 mi walk 8.09 mi walk total
    11/22 3.22 mi run 47.78 mi run total
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @kristinegift @girlinahat @lporter229 Guess I'll jump in this NROLFW band wagon too!

    @lporter229 no turkey trot here. :disappointed:
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    @karllundy - I'm making my way to Iowa now so I'll be representing in person!

    I'll be doing the Cedar Rapids Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. I'm getting a little worried about the forecast getting colder but regardless, it will be better than in Syracuse!

  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today - Miles for November
    11/1 9 miles - 9 << 5 above VT 4 below VT
    11/1 5 miles - 14 << Daily Double 5 below VT
    11/2 5 miles - 19 << 5 below VT
    11/3 9.5 miles - 28.5 << 9.5 below VT
    11/3 5 miles - 33.5 << Daily Double 5 miles below VT
    11/4 5 miles - 38.5 << 1 mile above VT and 4 miles below VT
    11/5 13 miles - 51.5
    11/6 REST DAY
    11/7 5 miles - 56.5 << 5 below VT
    11/8 6.2 miles - 62.7 << 6.2 below VT
    11/9 4 miles - 66.7 << 3.5 below VT
    11/10 5 miles - 71.7 << 5 below VT
    11/11 2 miles - 73.7 << easy shake out run
    11/12 14.1 miles - 87.8 << HHM + 1 mi warmup
    11/13 REST DAY
    11/14 4 miles - 91.8 << easy recovery
    11/15 7.3 miles - 99.1
    11/16 4 miles - 103.1
    11/17 8 miles - 111.1 << ~3 miles above VT & 5 miles below VT
    11/18 4 miles - 115.1
    11/19 20 miles - 135.1
    11/20 REST DAY
    11/21 8 miles - 143.1
    11/22 9 miles - 152.1 << 4.5 at GMP

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    Upcoming races:
    UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
    Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
    Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
    PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
    Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
    Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
    Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
    Rocket City Marathon - 12/10

  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
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    @karllundy I know, right? I didn't realize there were so many runners in Iowa. With our low population, it looks like most of the state is here in this thread. :open_mouth:
  • HeatherMN
    HeatherMN Posts: 3,821 Member
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    I purchased the NROLFW book a few years ago and read it, but never started it because I don't have a gym membership and don't really want one. Maybe I'll need to revisit that decision in the near future.

    My family is doing a 5k on Thanksgiving morning. We're now on year #6 of this tradition, which includes me, my husband, my son, my sister, and my mom. My husband typically runs 2-3 times per year (Warrior Dash, Thanksgiving, and the Bloody Mary Run). This year, though, my family has completed eight 5ks together, with at least one more to come this year. Next year, I think we're shooting for one per month, since that's what I typically like for my goal.

    Today, we're supposed to get more snow, but just enough to mess up the evening commute. Depending on how long my commute and grocery shopping take tonight, I'm hoping to get a 30 minute run in on the treadmill.

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  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    girlinahat wrote: »

    @lporter229 what and when is Thanksgiving? >:)

    LOL. Sorry, I guess I should have prefaced that with "Americans". Although you can still tell us what you plan to run on Thursday anyway!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    I woke up at 4:45 am for a rare pre-work run. It was raining and 35F so back to bed I went. Truth be told, I went back to bed more because I was damn tired rather than because of the rain. The rain I can deal with. Oh well, my son has soccer practice tonight so I'll run during that hour and hopefully this rain will turn into snow.

    @karllundy it is a franchise and it sounds like the BF deals are set but this particular owner, not franchise-wide. The store is Endurance House in Eagan, MN. It doesn't look like they have a store in Iowa. @juliet3455 now has me concerned about the sole pads on the On Running shoes so I may just buy one pair now, and two pair of something else, until I know how well the pads hold up in the cold. I'll definitely be inquiring about their return policy/warranty for a pad failure.

    @lporter229 last year my daughter and I ran a 6K turkey trot on Thanksgiving day but she was really grumpy about getting up so early and my wife wasn't crazy about getting dinner ready on her own, so this year we doing a black Friday run instead. This is a free group run at a running store, is later in the day, smaller crowd, and they give out food, beverages, and a free coffee mug (which I don't need, but I'll take). On Thanksgiving I hope to get up early (never a certainty with me) for a longish run on my own.

  • mom3over40
    mom3over40 Posts: 253 Member
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    lporter229 wrote: »
    Tell us about your Thanksgiving day run/race plans!
    I will run a very local 5k race on Thanksgiving Day with family and friends. Two years ago, it was the very first race I registered to mark the finish of the C25k program (or to make sure I finish C25k). Last year, we started to run that course with family and friends and we ran that race together. This year, a group of us will be doing it together again. Last week, a friend told me that her college age daughter would like to run with my daughter so I could race it. It has been more than a year since I last run a 5k race really like a race. I hope to PR but I tried a hard run the other day, it was harder than I remembered and I was not even close to my PR... This is going to be exciting :sweat_smile:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    lporter229 wrote: »
    Tell us about your Thanksgiving day run/race plans!.

    My mom and wife are running a 5k fun run. On the other hand, I am thinking about going for a <24:00 5k the same race.
    https://www.strava.com/routes/7063501

    Other than the hill between the 2.3 and 2.5 mile marks, it looks like a pretty decent course to go for the fast run.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    @lporter229 I didn't get around to signing up for a Turkey Trot so I am going to run on my own. Probably aim for a 5K
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    lporter229 wrote: »
    Tell us about your Thanksgiving day run/race plans!

    No race for me. I'll sneak in ~5 cold, windy and flat miles near my father-in-law's house while the turkey cooks in the morning.

  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
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    Been a week or so since posting. Went to my trainer last week after some issues that have kept creeping back up with my hips and just tightness all over in my legs. Some mild Achilles tendonitis has returned as well. He had me do some stretches and exercises that he keeps logs on and my range of motion was way off. I had lost about 4 inches of flexibility on some static stretches. He concluded, as was my suspicion, I was having some overuse issues with my hamstrings and hips. My glutes were not engaging and my quads were weak causes the hamstrings and hips to over compensate. Fortunately it had not gotten to the point of injury, just strains and tighness. We talked about my goals for next year and he came up with an "off season" strength and conditioning program. I told him I wanted to get my half time under 1:50 and my full under 4:00. He wanted me to not run for 2 weeks then start in December with a fairly radical for me strength training program. I'll probably only be running 3-4 times a week with tons of cross training/strength/core work. He also pointed out that my goal to get my racing weight down to 165 failed pretty miserable. With 20 lbs of weight loss i'd most likely kill those goal times without pushing too hard. I'm certainly not over weight, but at 180-185lbs i'm certainly not light on my feet. Plan is to take 2 months of reduced mileage, then start back with half training in February and another full training cycle following. I told him I was super close to my yearly goal of 2k miles and he didn't think getting in 75 miles would be an issue in December. I typically ramp down miles this time of year anyways so I'm not too bummed. Better to get healed up and ready for next year than push though and cause issues that need to be dealt with later.
  • Getfitat54
    Getfitat54 Posts: 526 Member
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    lporter229 wrote: »
    Tell us about your Thanksgiving day run/race plans!

    For the past two years, my husband and I have done Turkey Trots in two different cities (2014 was local 5 mile race, last year was in Pittsburgh). This year we will be in Greensboro, NC. We decided it would be fun to try out different Turkey Trots every year. Their's is a 5k with a 3k doggie run option. That works out perfectly because he has not been running and was not really feeling up for the 5k. He is going to do the 3k with Stella and my niece and I will do the 5k. I have not yet discussed with her whether she prefers to run together or separately. I am going to leave that up to her. If we end up running solo, I think I will try and see what kind of time I can pull off. It's been 8 months since my last 5k, which was a PR. I don't race very many 5ks, so I have no clue what kind of time I am looking at after all the HM training I did this summer.

    As a novice/seasonal/part-time runner.... I will be starting my 4th Holiday Streak.... so I'll start Thanksgiving off with 2 miles. I hope to have a new PR.... aiming for 80 miles.

  • 5512bf
    5512bf Posts: 389 Member
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    @kristinegift

    Sorry to see your race result, I know how hard it is to put in those types of miles getting ready for a marathon and not get to perform and finish like you had trained. Having dealt with the every step quad / calf alternating crampfest in a marathon before it's a type of brutal pain that makes most quit. The will to finish under those conditions is awesome. Putting in over 70 miles in a week takes the kind of dedication not many have as well. I'm confident you'll be back after some rest & recovery with a new and improved plan.

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