December 2016 Running Challenge

alipsie19 wrote: »

@Virkati -Good luck!!
@ everyone else - Please be careful out there. I get worried when I hear my friends are getting injured.
@ those in North Texas - Remember that we have the worst drivers in the country. It's going to be a cold, wet week.

I'm going to challenge you on the worst drivers part. Phoenix always makes those lists. And if it's raining? Forget about it...

@Azercord
Sounds good. Signed up for the 9-11 so we'll see.

Thanks everyone for all for the clothing suggestions. I know I'll eventually need some. And recovery tights? Gonna have to do some research; things have certainly changed in the last 10 years

greenolivetree wrote: »

greenolivetree wrote: »

OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »

greenolivetree wrote: »

OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »

alipsie19 wrote: »

@OSUbuckeye906
I'm a Wolverine fan, but, please beat Bama this year!

Oh boy. I'd love nothing more than to crush the Crimson Tide...gotta focus on Clemson first though

I'm afraid to say what team I support. Lol.

In awhile I'm gonna drive a mile to the little trail around the little lake and run a few laps around to get my "at least a mile" for day 11 of run streak. It's .4 mi around so maybe 3-4 laps.

My competitive side loves a good college football matchup and I'll be cheering on my Buckeyes until the end, but it's all in good fun (win or lose a rude fan is the worst kind, IMO). I can't remember exactly where you're from but I'm guessing you're either a Clemson or Bama fan?

Nope, I'm an LSU fan living in Arkansas:-p

@karllundy I slipped it in and I guess nobody noticed. LOL

Okay, I'm a total idiot. Got to work and realized I do not have a banquet tonight, I have a banquet tomorrow night. So tomorrow's afternoon 3 miler is now moved to 6am I'm not into morning running right now like I was in summer. But I'll do it

I noticed that you were an LSU fan. I headed out to a dentist appointment today, only to get there and find out that it's tomorrow.

@greenolivetree
6am is early, I'd opt for the afternoon.

greenolivetree wrote: »

alipsie19 wrote: »

@greenolivetree
6am is early, I'd opt for the afternoon.

Okay, that's 1 vote :-D I'm torn between getting it over with early, or getting some sunshine in later. It's been dreary lately.

Also vote for afternoon - will give you a nice endorphin lift and chance to freshen up before your evening, rather than potentially being tired from the early start!

Depression is definitely back. I blame the winter weather. It's been a good year since the depression has been this bad. Regular exercise had been doing a good job of keeping it from flaring up, but now it appears as though the depression has learned how to get around the endorphins. Feh. That's how it usually is... I'll find something that helps for a while, but then the depression always comes back after a time.

I don't plan to stop running, even though it's making me want to quit. The times when I am running are the few times when I actually feel okay. I did have a brief respite on Saturday when I was having fun making gingerbread houses and roasting marshmallows in the fire pit with my son. That was before the snowstorm.

I have an appointment with a new therapist tomorrow. I usually don't get much out of therapy, but I figured I'd give it another go.

Next time I have time to go out during the day and there's a lot of snow, I will definitely try walking instead @7lenny7. Luckily for me, the parking lot at work was plowed enough that I could get in a walk on my lunch break. Or as my Garmin now calls it, a "hike." I like the term "hike" a lot better than "walk." Makes it sound more rugged.

Anyway... sorry to keep going on about the depression, but it's a HUGE part of my life, and well, I really don't have anyone else to talk to.

@RespectTheKitty I'm with you on the winter blues. I live in a dessert for a reason, I did two winters up in Alaska and was completely done in, depression through the roof, but I'm better now. I get a little blue in the winter but then I hide next to a space heater for a bit and feel a little better. We are all here for you if you need, vent here, send us a pm and vent, make a big Skype group and then let it out, we are here for you whatever the need.

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

alipsie19 wrote: »

@Virkati -Good luck!!
@ everyone else - Please be careful out there. I get worried when I hear my friends are getting injured.
@ those in North Texas - Remember that we have the worst drivers in the country. It's going to be a cold, wet week.

I'm going to challenge you on the worst drivers part. Phoenix always makes those lists. And if it's raining? Forget about it...

I would like to add Chicago to that list of worst drivers. Every time I drive it makes me want to road rage.

@RespectTheKitty Feel free to share anytime

@showjumper Welcome and I also wish I could donate my fat to some poor unfortunate person trying to gain weight.

@skippygirlsmom Hmm.... that could be interesting reading if you did turn in your notes with a report

@katharmonic I got crêpes au chocolat after the last two races I did, so I already started to think about it as "tradition" now. If you never had any, you have to try them when you get a chance! The good ones with real molten chocolate though, not some where they just put some chocolate-flavoured syrup as I've seen at a Christmas market recently; that's just wrong...
Wow, 600 stairs? I used to live on the eleventh floor until a year ago, that was 176 stairs up, and that always seemed like A LOT to me! What kind of stair challenge are you doing?

@karllundy The cookies turned out really nice, but not perfect. The recipie called for a tablespoon of Nutella per cookie; my jar was nearly empty, so I only used a teaspoon instead. Which was okay, but next time I'll make sure I have enough Nutella at home to stuff as much inside the cookies as physically possible

@7lenny7 That trail run looks so beautiful, and you got your donuts too! I don't think the "official" donut run could have been any better. Glad you like your new ON shoes so much. I've replaced the original laces on my Cloudflyers with some old ones from another pair of shoes; I never got used to the thin laces.

@dkabambe That sounds like a real tough run. 489m elevation in 10.7km are quite impressive - especially if the downhill parts where in there too, so you probably had to climb all that in maybe 5-6km; which would be a slope of almost 10%. That's defenitely something you fill feel in the end!

@greenolivetree Run at 6am or 3pm? So the respective drawbacks are "get up really early" or "take a shower before the banquet"... I'm not a morning person, and I like hot showers, so that decision would be a no-brainer for me!

@Virkati All the best of luck for that job interview!

@RespectTheKitty Don't apologise for mentioning the depression! It's great that you can talk about it; and that you give therapy another shot. The worst thing you could possibly would be to pretend nothing's wrong, I'm always scared when people try to do that. If there's anything we can do to help let us know!

@Elise4270 Too bad that the bow was missing. Maybe you can still do some first experiments with the violin? Tuning it for example. And maybe there are some exercises for finger positions on the strings that you could do.

@accn1 Welcome! 50km is a great goal - coincidentally, that was also the number I picked when I first joined this challenge


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Today was foreseen to be a rest day. But I rode the bike to work and didn't take a backpack, so I couldn't do any shopping on the way home. Since I was already missing some essantial breakfast ingedients this morning, I decided to do a short run to the supermarket tonight to pick those up. I even had to push the pace a little to make it there before they closed; went a little slower on the way home.

01.12.2016 4.3 km
02.12.2016 5.2 km
03.12.2016 7.5 km
04.12.2016 13.6 km
05.12.2016 3.0 km

_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »

@Elise4270 Too bad that the bow was missing. Maybe you can still do some first experiments with the violin? Tuning it for example. And maybe there are some exercises for finger positions on the strings that you could do.

@_nikkiwolf_ That's a good idea. It seems to be in tune, but it wouldn't hurt to check it. The outfit I got it from has been amazing. I'll do those finger exercises!

@RespectTheKitty I agree with everyone else. Share all you need to. We love you here!

ereck44 wrote: »

@kristinegift I showed the photo you posted today to my husband. It looks like paradise. Where is it, anyway?

@ereck44 Princeton, NJ! Our smaller trails are interesting. You get a beautiful view like that and then 500 yards later, it's dead trees and piles of brown leaves!

12/1: 6 miles with Pacers crew +lifting
12/2: 2 miles
12/3: 8 miles with the Saturday crew
12/4: 5.3 miles on trails +lifting
12/5: 6 miles

Well, I definitely overestimated how much daylight I'd have after work, but it was good run nonetheless. I've been working on a 2017 budget since my MA loans will come due next year, so I listened to a personal finance podcast episode and chatted with my dad for a few minutes (hooray for headphones with mics!). More lifting tomorrow. Woo!



Winter/Spring 2017 Races:
1/8/17: NYCRUNS Cocoa Classic 10 mile
2/18/17: FebApple Frozen 50 - 10 mile option
3/12/17: E. Murray Todd HM
3/18/17: Looney Leprechaun 10k (trail)
3/26/17: Philly Love Run HM
4/1/17: NJ Ultra Fest HM (trail, maybe)
4/9/17: Rutgers UNITE HM (maybe)
5/14/17: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
5/21 or 5/28: Cleveland or Vermont City Marathons (maybe)

_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »

@katharmonic I got crêpes au chocolat after the last two races I did, so I already started to think about it as "tradition" now. If you never had any, you have to try them when you get a chance! The good ones with real molten chocolate though, not some where they just put some chocolate-flavoured syrup as I've seen at a Christmas market recently; that's just wrong...
Wow, 600 stairs? I used to live on the eleventh floor until a year ago, that was 176 stairs up, and that always seemed like A LOT to me! What kind of stair challenge are you doing?

@_nikkiwolf_ I will definitely have to try crepes au chocolat. Molten chocolate sounds fabulous.
I was doing a challenge for another challenge group here on MFP and over the course of the week, we had to get the number of stairs they have on the Inca Trail at Machu Picchu in Peru, which was 1778 (half up, half down). I didn't get enough done earlier in the week so had to do the bulk of mine on Saturday and Sunday. That's a LOT of steps. My legs are still feeling wobbly.

Date:: :::: Miles :::: Dec total (goal = 80)
12/01/16 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
12/02/16 :::: 2.6 :::: 2.6
12/03/16 :::: 3.1 :::: 5.7
12/04/16 :::: 6.0 :::: 11.8
12/05/16 :::: 3.3 :::: 15.0

I took off work a bit early so I was able to get a run in on the trail with Stella before it got dark. Just. I had to walk up the hill part (my nemesis hill), there's no way my legs were going for that one today.