December 2016 Running Challenge

Walking miles

1---2 hours on YouTube, and a massage
2---1.7 in the rain
3,4---nada
5---5.38
6---? Where did the day go?
7--- pt, 0.25 treadmill
8-19--- back to work adjustment
20---4.92
25--3.81
29---1.93 "running"
31---4.49 walk/run

2.5/5 running miles
20.06/50+ walking miles

I made nearly half of my goal! Haha!


Advisable races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half

My last run of the year was a wet and cold run but felt great! It just felt so good to be running in the rain on an empty trail with Hobbes the Vizsla pointing bunnies and birds as we ran along. He wasn't too happy with the rain other than that it made everything smell very interesting apparently.
@9voice9 - So cool that you are running in Tokyo! Happy Birthday - hope you are having a wonderful celebration there!
@kristinegift - Congratulations! That is an awesome accomplishment!
@ddmom0811 - I am so sorry you got sick too and can't complete your streak I hope you feel better soon!

Goals for 2017 running and otherwise:
Lose 15 lbs...
Back to logging everything
Some type of strength/stretching/yoga every day. I have gotten out of the habit and need to get it back in!
Run 5 days/week
Minimum of 2017 km for the year.
Minimum of 1300 miles for the year with a stretch goal of 1500 miles (I did it in 2015, I can do it again!)

Date........Miles.....Total
12/01......0.00......0.00 - + Rally
12/02......4.30......4.30
12/03......0.00......4.30
12/04......3.62......7.92
12/05......6.23....14.15 - Birthday run + Agility
12/06......4.53....18.68 - + Strength Training
12/07......0.00....18.68
12/08......5.91....24.59 - + Strength Training and Rally
12/09......9.35....33.94 - + Rally Trial
12/10......0.00....33.94
12/11......0.00....33.94
12/12......5.07....39.01 - + Agility
12/13......0.00....39.01 - + Strength Training
12/14......4.51....43.52
12/15......0.00....43.52 - + Strength Training
12/16......4.73....48.25
12/17......0.00....48.25
12/18....13.53....61.78 - San Diego Holiday Half and warm up
12/19......4.18....65.96 - Recovery run #1
12/20......4.46....70.42 - Recovery run #2 + Strength Training
12/21......0.00....70.42 - Rest Day!!
12/22......0.00....70.42 - + Strength Training
12/23......6.43....76.85
12/24......8.59....85.44
12/25......0.00....85.44 - Christmas
12/26......5.48....90.92
12/27......6.31....97.23 - + Strength Training
12/28......0.00....97.23
12/29......5.54..102.77 - + Strength Training and GOAL!!
12/30......4.51..107.28
12/31......7.34..114.62




My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/07/16 - Surf City Half Marathon
02/20/16 - Divas Half Marathon - Temecula
07/04/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
08/21/16 - Tiki Beach 10k, Huntington Beach
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!) - CANCELED!!
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon

The site with my YTD animated ticker is broken so I can't post it with my overall yearly mileage - I hit 1273 miles for the year. Half of @kristinegift's 2400 and no where near my 1500 mile goal but all in all I am happy with they year!

I've got 11.5 in a couple hours to ring out the year. This will put December as my highest mileage month ever!

I've reached 466.1 running miles for the year...
I ran 6/12 months so I guess the projected mileage would have been respectable.

2015 was at 735.7 and 2014 was 100, 2013 68 miles.

2017 better deliver!

I didn't get my 10 miles in today. I woke up and felt like death. I've been couch surfing all day.

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

I didn't get my 10 miles in today. I woke up and felt like death. I've been couch surfing all day.

There's still time! I'm going to attempt my 11 when my little man is in bed

I barely have the energy to get off the couch. It's like travel, temp/barometric changes, and pollution hit me all at once (it's a high pollution day today).

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

I didn't get my 10 miles in today. I woke up and felt like death. I've been couch surfing all day.

There's still time! I'm going to attempt my 11 when my little man is in bed

I barely have the energy to get off the couch. It's like travel, temp/barometric changes, and pollution hit me all at once (it's a high pollution day today).

Yuck sorry to hear that!

@MNlittlefinn If you are running at midnight you can say you ran for a year, from 2016 to 2017

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

@MNlittlefinn If you are running at midnight you can say you ran for a year, from 2016 to 2017

Had snow coming in, so I wimped out. Got my 12 miles in between 2000 and 2200

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
12/7 6.42
12/8 2.20 + core/strength training
12/9 snorkel 2 hours
12/10 rest
12/11 6.17
12/12 4.10
12/13 lazy
12/14 snorkel 15 MINUTES!
12/15 3.60
12/16 1.25 + core/strength training
12/17 3.80
12/18 rest
12/19 6.40 (1/10th mile for each birthday....)
12/20 lazy
12/21 3.50
12/22 I'm very sorry, I am behind my times. I was making vey merry today
12/23 3.35 + core/strength training
12/24 4.00 Mele Kalikimaka!
12/25 busy
12/26 busy
12/27 3.10
12/28 Pre-resolution party
12/29 3.25
12/30 4.11
12/31 6.60

Total: 75.35

I'm afraid I didn't meet my goal-thunder thighs are still there! But Hau'oli Makahiki Hou to you all!
@9voice9 Happy Birthday!
...and sad face at all who are under the weather....

Ticker is my goal for 2016 and total to date:

(still not quite, but better than last year!)

My goal is 50 miles this month. My job is crying for us to pick up overtime.

12/2....4.73 miles on the treadmill, rolling hills, pace at 13:20, average heart rate at 82% max.
12/4....2.85 miles on the treadmill.
12/7....3.52 miles on the treadmill, max heart rate at 88%, pace at 13:02.
12/9.....3.95 miles on the treadmill, max heart rate at 80%. pace at 12:45
12/13....4.42 miles on the treadmill, max heart rate at 88%, pace at 11:19

I had the flu over the weekend. Felt better today...still with some stomach issues but better than yesterday. Going to stay away from dairy for a while to see if it helps.Initially thought the body aches were due to Zercher squats.

12/14.....4.98 miles on the treadmill, pace at 11:06. Not going to risk getting sick again.
12/15....4.93 miles on the treadmill, pace at 11:19. Too cold (for me) to run outside.
12/23....3.35 miles on the treadmill, pace at 13:38....still recovering from the stomach bug....I can really tell it in my workout.
12/31 Jillian Michaels Banish Fat Boost Metabolism and some stretching esp hips.
I completed the last personal training session at my gym after almost 5 years...yay! Now to go in and do it on my own.
Decided to not run today...my husband caught the stomach bug from me, and is pretty sick and very "needy".

Workout home DVD...compromise...my husband thinks that runners are targets and didn't want me running after dark.
Didn't meet goal, but ran more miles than I would have if I hadnt set goal. Thanks to everyone for your support!

Happy New Year!


Total...32.75 miles
Goal....50 miles.

ereck44 wrote: »

Workout home DVD...compromise...my husband thinks that runners are targets and didn't want me running after dark.

Are we married to the same person?

tartanhibee wrote: »

So December didn't really go to plan.

You're in good company. Lots of life-getting-in-the-way for me. Looking forward to a fresh new month/year!

December goal: 100 miles
12/1: 3.25 miles
12/2: 2.75 miles
12/3: 3.15 miles (m)
12/4: Rest Day
12/5: 5 miles (2 + 3 treadmill)
12/6: 4 miles (m)
12/7: 4 miles
12/8: 4.35 miles (m)
12/9: Rest Day
12/10: 3.5 miles
12/11: 5 miles (m)
12/12: 4 miles
12/13: 4 miles (m)
12/14: 5 miles (m)
12/15: 4 miles (m)
12/16: Rest Day
12/17: 3 miles (m)
12/18: 7 miles (m)
12/19: 3.5 miles (m)
12/20: 4 miles
12/21: 3.5 miles
12/22: 3.5 miles (m)
12/23: 2.25 miles (m)
12/24: 3 miles
12/25: Rest Day
12/26: 5 miles (m)
12/27: 3.25 miles (m)
12/28: 4 miles (m)
12/29: 3.5 miles
12/30: Rest Day
12/31: 3.5 miles (m)

My Total/December: 101 miles
Mike's Total: 65 miles

Took an impromptu rest day on the 30th and then didn't run yesterday morning. By 7:30 pm, I was resigned to having to get on the treadmill if I was going to make my goal when Mike suggested that we try a night time run on the greenbelt. So with our new headlamps and a very excited Fergus we went out for a run in the dark in the woods. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I may have to run at night a little more often!

Had a ton of posts to catch up on! See you all on the January thread!

Completed Races:
12/3 Snowball Run 5K, Kingwood TX (35:34.2) *PR

Upcoming Races:
1/22 Choco Loco 10K, Houston, TX

ereck44 wrote: »

Elise4270 wrote: »

Walking miles

1---2 hours on YouTube, and a massage
2---1.7 in the rain
3,4---nada
5---5.38
6---? Where did the day go?
7--- pt, 0.25 treadmill
8-19--- back to work adjustment
20---4.92
25--3.81
29---1.93 "running"
31---4.49 walk/run

2.5/5 running miles
20.06/50+ walking miles

I made nearly half of my goal! Haha!


Advisable races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half

So excited that you are running again! ☺

Thanks. It is half as$. Haha! Cuz I only got one side that works.

My mama always said I did everything half *kitten*'d... Must have been a premonition.

bmelb1 wrote: »

Tonight was supposed to be my first time trying to run a 5 km race, but it didn't exactly go as planned. It snowed all day, 10 cm by race time, the temperature was -15*C and wind 23 km/hr. I considered not going because I knew there would be no solid footing, it was in the dark, and the race is in an open area where the wind just whips through. I decided to try it anyway and I ended up having a panic attack just before the race. My heart was pounding so hard that I decided 3 minutes into the race to stop running and just walked the 5 km. About half the people in the race ended up walking it so I wasn't the only one. When I checked after the race I realized my heart rate went as high as 195 and most of the race I spent in Zone 5. I'm so disappointed that I didn't run it and now I'm wondering if the 10 km running clinic I signed up for starting Jan 6 was too ambitious. I'm such a slow runner and couldn't even run tonight, maybe I should have signed up for the 5 km clinic instead. Sorry for the whining, I'm hoping I'll feel better about things after I have a good night's sleep tonight.

. . .

Resolution Run 5km - 12/31 - walked it in 55 min. 14 sec.

@bmelb1 - Don't let this experience get you down, it's not normal. A couple weeks ago I ran a 5K with perhaps a touch less snow than you had, and turned in my slowest 5K time ever. Good runners were taking 3.5 minutes longer than normal to complete it. Average runners were taking 5 minutes longer than normal to complete it. The total number of finishers was low, and I suspect some of the slower runners and walkers missed the cutoff for getting an official time.

The thing is, running in 10 cm of snow isn't the norm. How you did under these conditions doesn't say much about how you could do under more normal conditions. And I'd consider under an hour for walking 3.1 miles in 10 cm of snow to be an pretty good walking result.