December 2016 Running Challenge

Elise4270 wrote: »

@Orphia No I don't play. I had probably half a year around the 5th grade.

Since returning to running is slower than anticipated, I need an outlet. So I figure there's pay off in a violin, and the dang thing keeps calling to me this time of year every year for the last 3-4. Someone played it in church 2 weeks ago and I it was done. I had to get moving on it!

I wanna be a concert violinist! We saw the trans sIberian orchestra and I was in agony longing for the violin, that should have been me kinda thing, last year. I refused to go this year because I couldn't take it again. Haha! Really, that was my first pick as a kid, professional violinist. We just moved to often to stay in it. Fate saved it for my non running slump.

I love the Trans Siberian Orchestra, they must have been amazing to see live! I think it's great you're taking up the violin. My sister is learning to play the trumpet and just joined her local New Horizons Band for free lessons. She loves it. I hope you enjoy your violin just as much.

Date Km Today - Km for Dec.
12/1 6.17 - 6.17
12/4 5.77 - 11.94
12/6 5.34 - 17.28
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Goal 75 km

My ticker isn't displaying properly so I'm not posting it.

Upcoming Races:
Resolution Run 5km - 12/31
Polar Hero 5km OCR? - 2/4
Tamarack 10km - 5/27

@MNLittleFinn Forgot to congratulate you yesterday on your runniversary! You should be proud of how far you have progressed in your running. I consider my own runnniversary Mother's Day each year since my first 5k was a Mother's Day 5k in Barrington, IL in 2011. It was fun to go back to the same race last year and show myself how much I have improved since then. I also think it's appropriate that it's a Mother's Day race as my mom was the big push to get me start running in the first place.

@ddmom0811 Ouch! Hope it doesn't take your hands and shins too long to recover. Impressed you finished the run!

@7lenny7 Thanks for the write-up about replacing shoes. I knew most of that information, but not a lot about the importance of rotating shoes. I don't currently do that except for the fact that I never use my running shoes for anything but running as to not wear them down faster. I'll probably by another pair or two of shoes after Christmas to start rotating. I actually usually know when it's time to buy another pair of shoes because my feet will start consistently falling asleep after a few miles on every run. Weird, but apparently that's a tell-tale sign for some people (but not many I've personally known).

@dkabambe Unfortunately, I suffer from runner's knee in my right knee and I have found that while KT tape and rest definitely help to ease the immediate pain, consistently doing the exercises I received from my PT is what actually helps the condition to get better. The way that runner's knee was explained to me is that running strengthens the muscles on one side of your knee, pulling the knee cap over and causing pain. The point of the exercises is to strengthen the muscles on the other side of your knee and elsewhere in your leg to reduce the imbalance. I can send you the exercises if you would like but I would also recommend getting a professional opinion to make sure that's definitely what is wrong.

My Running coach/Aunt just told me to slow down. She wants me running 10:40 pace on my long runs, the 10:20 I ran on Saturday was faster than she wants.....ugh...I know it's good having a trainer, but man, I'm going to have to get used to running slower and having someone call me on it when I go too fast.

December Running Totals (miles)
12/1 – 8.08 warmup + speed work
12/2 – rest day
12/3 – 10.13 warmup + 5K race + easy 30 minutes
12/4 – 8.07 easy
12/5 – rest day
12/6 – 5.96 warmup, speed work, cool down

December total to date – 32.24

Nominal Challenge Goal – 150 miles
Real Goals: Finish transition to healthy running. Use Club Nationals as a learning experience on managing air travel to a race. Build a base toward Boston training. Avoid re-injury

Today's notes – Fought really bad Christmas traffic to get to the club workout. Multiple accidents, miles from where I was but enough to create ridiculous backups, made me drive several miles out of my way and get there 15 minutes later than I wanted to. All this, and the roads weren't even slick. Yet.

The precipitation started when I was doing my 2 mile warmup. It looked like wintry mix in the lights, but it felt like showers. Then it got steadier and felt like rain. Coach gave us a light workout, because we have a target race on Saturday. One lap of drills, 400m at T pace, a mile at goal race pace, 2 minutes recovery, and 2 sets of 15 second cutbacks starting at 60 seconds. Then there was supposed to be a 2 mile cool down, which I cut to one mile in the steady rain.

Temperature will fall over night. It's supposed to be fairly dry tomorrow, then we have a Lake Effect Snow Watch from Thursday afternoon through late Friday. And I'm doing something I haven't done in the 25 years I've lived here, though I know many people who have: I'll be flying to Florida Thursday morning and leaving the Lake Effect Snow at home. This round of winter weather should be over by the time I get back late Sunday night/early Monday morning. I'll take my laptop, but I don't know how much time I'll find to check in.

2016 races:
January 1, 2016 Resolution Run 7.5 mile (Mendon, NY) finished in 53:58
January 9, 2016 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:59
March 12, 2016 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 32:32
March 26, 2016 Spring Forward Distance Run 15K (Mendon, NY) finished in 1:05:24
April 18, 2016 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:23:01
April 24, 2016 Flower City Challenge Half Marathon (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:36:50, targeting MP
May 15, 2016 Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K (Rochester, NY) DNS - injury
June 19, 2016 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) DNS - recovering from face plant
July 16, 2016 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:31:11
August 13, 2016 Bergen Road Race 5K (Bergen, NY) finished in 19:07 (5K PR)
September 4, 2016 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:31:37
September 18, 2016 Rochester Marathon (Rochester, NY) DNF a mile from finish
October 15, 2016 Finish Strong 15K (Hilton, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
October 22, 2016 Scare Brain Cancer Away 5K (East Rochester, NY) DNS – Achilles tendonitis
November 24, 2016 Race with Grace 10K (Hilton, NY) finished in 42:38, First Senior (60+) Male
December 3, 2016 Freezeroo #1 (Don Curran Memorial 5K) (Gates, NY) finished in 20:06
December 10, 2016 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 8K (Tallahassee, FL)

2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY)
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY)
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 10K) (Webster, NY)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

December Goal: Trim my Thanksgiving turkey thighs and mashed potato/pumpkin pie paunch

12/1 rest
12/2 4.25
12/3 3.05
12/4 2.40 + strength/core training
12/5 rest
12/6 3.80

Total: 13.50

@RespectTheKitty ...virtual hugs for you

Upcoming Races:
Races For Awareness Virtual 10k for Outrun The Sun Skin Cancer Awareness: soon

Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:

Getfitat54 wrote: »

06-Dec 1.55 this morning meets with what I hope is just a minor issue… but it sure didn’t feel like a minor issue at the time. I was only about ½ mile into my run when I got a sharp pain in my right foot, I walked for about a minute, then tried a slow jog…. No relief. The pain is located on the mid foot, towards the outside…. Any ideas, thoughts??????

@Getfitat54 I'd like to know the answer to that.

At the end stages and after my half marathon on Sunday, I had the same thing. Very sore.

Still a bit crampy when I first got up this morning, but pretty much gone this evening (Wednesday in Australia).

01 Dec – 6.2 km Lake Wendouree
03 Dec – 5.4 km including Albert Melbourne parkrun with my nephew
04 Dec – 21.2 km Carman’s Women’s Half Marathon 2:07:59.4
07 Dec – 5.8 km

Goals: Too many!


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@juliet3455 You ran 12km in -23°C, feels like -30C?!
Dang it, before I read that I wanted to complain about the fact that the weather forecast here predicts -7°C for tonight... I already exchanged my usual buff headband for a woolen hat during yesterdays -2°C run, I feel like such a wimp now. My only excuse is that I'm not a Canadian

@girlinahat Sorry that you got bad news about a friend. I hope the run helped a bit to calm your mind.

@katharmonic That Santa pic is great

@HeatherMN Congratulations on your fast 5k time! And great that you can race with your husband and son.

@7lenny7 I'm a little jealous looking at your pre-Christmas shopping list, especially the Hydrapak bottle with gel dispenser inside. I didn't know such a thing exists until your post; but now I looked at pictures of it and decided I absolutely need it! I wonder if it would fit into my hydration belt instead of the bottle I use now...

@MNLittleFinn Happy Runniversary! Wow, nearly 10 minutes of your 5k time in a year? That progress is impressive, amazing!

@Orphia Happy Runniversary to you too. And like you, I now want to see those running shoe collection pics from everyone! Mostly because I hope that others will have crazy numbers of shoe too, so I can feel less guilty about my collection @MNLittleFinn 's photo is a nice start, but I'm afraid I have more...
I made a thread in the group area for this. Go there and post all your shoe pictures!

I'm procrastinating my single mile for run streak day of 14. It was 27F when I woke up and the thought of putting on sweatpants, warming up inside, and just going out there 10 min? Apparently I'd rather run longer to make it worth the trouble. But I'll get it done. I actually cook a meal for about 50 people every Wednesday so Wednesday can be hectic (for about 2.5 years now). But tonight's meal is simple. I think I can run a mile after work. Although I thought about doing lunchtime. I don't technically get a lunch break because I gave up lunch to get off work earlier. But yeah, I could get away with it :-p

Hi guys, do you have a particular type of gloves to suggest? I tried many different ones, but my hands freeze super easilly even at 3-4C and before investing more money I thought to ask for an advice.

12/1 - 5.35 miles on treadmill (Trek class)
12/2 - 5 miles. Pleasant for December, about 35°
12/3 - Bodypump class, then 2.25 miles on treadmill
12/4 - Planned rest day.
12/5 - 5.11 miles avoiding slippery spots.
12/6 - Bodypump class, then 2.3 miles on treadmill.
12/7 - 4 miles on the 'mill.

12/1: 5 miles
12/2: 4 miles
12/3: 4 miles
12/4: 11 miles
12/5: 5 miles
12/6: 7 miles
12/7: rest day

TOTAL: 34 miles

Rest day today for me and it's probably a good thing because my shin is pretty sore after running 34 miles in the past 6 days. We're supposed to get snow accumulation for the first time this year toward the end of the weekend and beginning of next week! Only an inch or so, but that sounds perfect - just enough to enjoy running in and get in the holiday spirit but hopefully not enough to cause traffic headaches.

12/1- 5.2 miles solo+ 0.8 miles with Stella+ yoga
12/2-4.4 AM miles (last 0.7 with Stella)
12/3-11.2 miles
12/4-6.2 miles
12/5-Rest day (yoga)
12/6-5 miles Fast Finish+ strength
12/7-5.1 miles (last 1 with Stella)

Last night's run was a nightmare. I don't know why, but I am having a hard time getting myself motivated to run in the cold and the dark. It was never usually a problem for me. I think it has a little to do with the fact that my hamstring has been bothering me and the only terrain I really can run on is pretty hilly. Also, the issues with my hands numbing up is getting worse and it just drives me nuts. Anyway, I had a long day at work and didn't get home until after 7. It was late and I didn't want to deal with the hassle of getting all of that gear on, so I figured "Hey, the treadmill in my basement won't be that bad for a 40 minute fast finish run and it will be so much easier". Big mistake. It's been a while since I've run on the treadmill and now I remember why we call it the Dreadmill. 43 minutes was a sufferfest. I kept trying to vary my speed, but for some reason that doesn't make the clock turn faster! I managed to get 5 miles in and call it a day, but I won't be doing that again anytime soon.

Yesterday's dreadmill fiasco served as motivation to get my butt out in the cold, dark morning for a run today. Wasn't happy heading out, but then the sun started to come up just as I was at the top of the ridge, so I was treated to a beautiful morning sunrise that made it all worth while. Finished it up with a good mile with Stella, so the AM run put me in a good mood for the day. I will try and remember that tomorrow when I groan at my alarm and the TV telling me that it's 25 degrees outside.