January 2017 Running Challenge

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  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
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    Jan: 45 miles running.


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    16th: 0 miles, Pilates and Strength training - MTD 27.19
    17th: 4.12 miles, leading a return to running group - MTD 31.31
    18th: 2.3 miles TM, Pilates and Strength training - MTD 33.61
    19th: 4.79 miles, speed training with the club - MTD 38.4
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @karllundy how is dad doing? I know the weather is crazy right? 59F at 5:30 this morning.

    He's OK. Thanks for asking. Had surgery to repair a hiatal hernia and remove his gallbladder. But, he's 72 and hadn't had general anesthesia since ether in 1952 for a tonsillectomy.
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
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    January Running Challenge:

    1/1: 19 miles
    1/2: 5 miles
    1/3: BodyPump and 30 minutes of stair stepper
    1/4: 5.8 miles of a 10 mile planned run. Cut short due to knee pain
    1/5 Unplanned rest day
    1/6 2.2 mile walk, 30 minutes elliptical, Strength: upper body and core
    1/7 8.2 miles
    1/8 20 miles
    1/9 45 minutes light strength and 45 minute walk
    1/10 15 minutes of stationary bike, 20 minutes of Elliptical, 45 minutes strength
    1/11 57 minutes of walking (3.5 miles), 52 minutes of strength
    1/12 48 minutes of stationary bike, 30 minutes of strength
    1/13 Planned rest day
    1/14 6 mile run, knee felt so much better
    1/15 12 mile run
    1/16 5 mile run
    1/17 40 minutes / 11 miles on stationary bike
    1/18 5 mile run
    1/19 10 mile run

    Goal: 96 of 170

    I love running, but 10 miles on a work night is hard. I only have 1 more of those left before my marathon thank goodness! Lol!

    Knee seems to be holding up so far. I've got another 20 miler on the schedule for Sunday. I will make sure to go to the bathroom before I start running so I can hopefully run it straight through with no pit stops.
  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
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    Orphia wrote: »
    @juliet3455 Dreadmill in the dungeon due to Ice Pelts and Black Ice?! Wow!


    Did Body Balance yesterday, which killed my core and glutes. Went for a 12 km walk today.

    I've been doing Body Balance once a week, nearly every week for about a year. I'm amazed how strong walking and running has also made me.

    The last few weeks I've been getting into trying different arm balance yoga poses for the first time since doing gymnastics 35 years ago.

    Crow pose (Bakasana):
    Firefly pose (Tittibasana):
    Fowl pose (Kukkutasana):

    It's nice to find things I enjoy to help keep active when I'm not running. Pretty happy with the state of my cross-training, so sorry not sorry for the brag! :smiley:


    @Orphia - You're awesome!
    @greenolivetree - I hope your knee gets better.
  • bmelb1
    bmelb1 Posts: 224 Member
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    Date Km Today - Km for Jan.
    1/3 5.73 - 5.73
    1/5 3.79 - 9.52
    1/6 5.41 - 14.93 10K running clinic
    1/8 6.08 - 21.01
    1/10 5.8 - 26.81
    1/11 5.96 - 32.77
    1/13 4.1 – 36.87
    1/15 7.11 – 43.98 My first LSD run
    1/17 6 - 49.98
    1/18 2.5 - 52.48
    1/19 6 - 58.48
    1/20 2.53 - 61.01
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    Goal 75 km

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    Upcoming Races:
    Polar Hero 5km OCR? - 2/4
    Ottawa Tamarack 10km - 5/27
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
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    Date :::: Miles:::: Jan MTD (goal = 70)
    01/01/17 :::: 4.3 :::: 4.3
    01/02/17 :::: 2.9 :::: 7.1
    01/03/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.3
    01/04/17 :::: 3.6 :::: 13.9
    01/05/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 17.2
    01/06/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
    01/07/17 :::: 6.9 :::: 24.2
    01/08/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 26.7
    01/09/17 :::: 2.8 :::: 29.5
    01/10/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 32.1
    01/11/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 34.7
    01/12/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 38.2
    01/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 38.2
    01/14/17 :::: 3.4 :::: 41.6
    01/15/17 :::: 5.5 :::: 47.2
    01/16/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 50.7
    01/17/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.7
    01/18/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 53.2
    01/19/17 :::: 4.1 :::: 57.2
    01/20/17 :::: 6.2 :::: 63.4

    Today was crap-filled with disappointing news, irritation, and annoyance. I will not bore anyone with details but among the crappiness, my Garmin borked and suddenly was showing the wrong date/time and lost all my steps. That happened about 10 am, and powering off didn't fix it. It was saying it was Jan 18 all day and wouldn't connect to GPS.

    I did a treadmill run to try to decompress from the events of the day and it seemed to track the workout ok in indoor run mode. According to it, I did 6.2 miles in 65.5 minutes, which would be a PR if I believed in the accuracy of that. The actual treadmill was much less kind, and said I only did like 5.4 miles. But I know the paces were faster than it was saying, so I'm going with Garmin on this one even though it's probably slightly high on distance. Call me a cheater, but the day sucked and I need that minor victory.

    When I connected to my computer with Garmin Express it got back on the correct date, but lost all my steps again. However it kept the run logged as 1/18 - but the activity was there so that was a relief. I'm charging it now so I hope it will behave from here on out.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
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    AdrianChr92 wrote: »
    I took a pretty picture today

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    Date.......Distance

    January 1 - 12.1 km
    January 2 - 7.0 km
    January 3 - 12.9+5.3 km
    January 4 - 11.5 km
    January 5 - 7.0 km
    January 6 - 3.8 km
    January 7 - 9.45 km
    January 8 - 9.8+6.0 km
    January 9 - 5.2 km
    January 10- 10.0+6.0 km
    January 11- 8.0 km
    January 12- 7.0 km
    January 13- 7.0+7.4 km
    January 14- 10.0 km
    January 15- 13.1+6.1
    January 16- 6.0 km
    January 17- 10.0 km
    January 18- 13.4 km
    January 19- 10.0 km
    January 20- 13.5+6.0 km

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    Ummmm that is a ridiculous level of gorgeous <3
  • banana742581
    banana742581 Posts: 26 Member
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    Up to 30 miles for January! 30 left. I'm starting to think i might not achieve my goal =/ but I'll keep going for it!
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
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    Understatement :p
    AdrianChr92 wrote: »
    I took a pretty picture today

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  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
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    Check in: Rest day today. It feels weird to not run when nothing hurts. But yesterday evening, and again early this morning, my body reminded me that a rest day would be a Good Idea along about now. That, and it's a rest day on my training schedule.

    Beautiful running weather, temps in the mid-40s F and overcast with minimal wind. I took a walk at noon, but didn't run. Tomorrow I'll make up for this with a long run.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    Am I nuts for considering this? I wear size 7, and from what I can tell, the "big kids" size 7 they have listed is the same as the adult.....

    http://www.saucony.com/en/kinvara-5/15262K.html?dwvar_15262K_color=S91000-9#cgid=outlet-men-shoes&srule=price-low-to-high&start=1
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @MNlittlefinn If they are the same size I'd buy them.
    @karllundy glad he's doing good, the hiatal hernia repair is a big deal.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @MNlittlefinn If they are the same size I'd buy them.
    Sizing charts looked the same. It's thr pink I'm stuck on, but that price though....
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @MNlittlefinn If they are the same size I'd buy them.
    Sizing charts looked the same. It's thr pink I'm stuck on, but that price though....

    @MNLittleFinn I'd be concerned that they weren't built as stout as adult shoes.
  • snowyne
    snowyne Posts: 268 Member
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    Did 5K today, so now I'm at 62.8/90 for Jan. Will I make it? We'll see!
    @RespectTheKitty - Congrats on great news at the drs. office! 80 lbs? That's awesome!!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
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    7lenny7 wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @MNlittlefinn If they are the same size I'd buy them.
    Sizing charts looked the same. It's thr pink I'm stuck on, but that price though....

    @MNLittleFinn I'd be concerned that they weren't built as stout as adult shoes.
    yeah, I thought about that too....just now
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    66.88% of goal

    01-Jan: <Life Day>
    02-Jan: 12.39 miles inc 5.33 on Dreadmill
    03-Jan: 7.74 miles - Double Day
    04-Jan: 4.13 miles
    05-Jan: 8.39 miles - inc 2.26 w/ Alan
    06-Jan: 4.08 miles
    07-Jan: 11.50 miles
    08-Jan: <Life Day>
    09-Jan: 5.85 miles
    10-Jan: 6.68 miles - inc 2.25 w/ Alan
    11-Jan: 5.07 miles
    12-Jan: 6.51 miles
    13-Jan: - Rest Day for HM
    14-Jan: 13.25 miles - Race Day!
    15-Jan: <Life Day>
    16-Jan: 7.29 miles
    17-Jan: 6.81 miles
    18-Jan: 3.87 miles
    19-Jan: 2.21 miles
    20-Jan: 7.25 miles
    21-Jan:
    22-Jan: <Life Day>
    23-Jan:
    24-Jan:
    25-Jan:
    26-Jan:
    27-Jan:
    28-Jan:
    29-Jan: <Life Day>
    30-Jan:
    31-Jan:

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    Have fallen a tad behind on running because last weekend my 31-year-old nephew (wife's sister's son) lost his battle with PTSD. We had the funeral today. Yes, running is sometimes an escape from thinking about stuff, but sometimes it fades to zero priority with other things. I did compose a chunk of the eulogy while running.

    <Reading the above it almost sounds like I'm regretful about not running. I have no regrets about how I spent this week.>

    I'm not sure what the coming week might hold - there's a possibility that I'll head out to Oklahoma to help Cheryl clean out the apartment, and start the probate process. I don't want her going thru that alone (though there's Trey's ex-wife and son, and her family out there), but I don't know whether it'll be me, or someone else.

    I'd appreciate your prayers and good thoughts for Cheryl and the rest of the family.

    Upcoming Races:
    11-Feb: Sweetheart Run for Sight 5K/12K, Centerville
    18-Feb: Al Toll 5K/15K, Macon (*)
    25-Feb: Cantrell 5K, WR (*)
    04-Mar: Albany/Snickers HM, Albany
    11-Mar: Peach Road Race 5K/10.5K, Byron (*)
    18-Mar: Cherry Blossom Road Race 10K, Macon (*)
    01-Apr: Run 2 End Alzheimers 5K, 10.5K, Bonaire (*)
    22-Apr: Taylor County Race for Literacy 5K, Reynolds (*)
    29-Apr: Running for Ronald 10K/15K, Macon (*)
    06-May: All About Animals 5K/10.2K, Macon (*)
    13-May: Battle of Byron 5K, Byron (*)
    20-May: Georgia Jugfest 5K, Knoxville (*)
    27-May: Edge Fitness 5K, Bonaire (*)
    04-Jul: Peachtree Road Race 10K, Atlanta
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
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    @9voice9 Thoughts and prayers for you and the family. If you happen to be coming to our area (Ardmore), and there's anything we can do, meals ECT. Just holler.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    Hugs for @greenolivetree

  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    Like a lot of people I have been fighting the weather all month. Dug out the screw shoes tonight and did an End to End on the River Bank Trails. 10.9 km crunching through the Ice with every step, only had one really sketchy area - Slip/Sliding away at the transition zone onto a bridge over the smallest river we have. Didn't notice that I was 100m short until in the house with my shoes off, could have circled my street for the extra 100m. :/ Felt good to get out. Considering I have a HM in 2 weeks and I haven't been getting in the runs that I had planned/need so feeling a little :| . Because it is the first HM of the early Winter season most people run it as a fun event. Will be hitting it hard tomorrow for 18 km, a bit of a Distance - Confidence run plus one more long run planned next week in this cycle. Had planned 5 long runs but lost 2 of them to a work schedule conflict. The taper week will keep me from making goal.

    01/04 8.0 km –8.0km –132.0 km – YTD 8 km
    01/06 7.0 km –15.0km –125.0 km
    01/07 8.0 km –23.0km –117.0 km
    01/08 6.0 km –29.0km –111.0 km
    01/13 12.0 km –41.0km –99.0 km
    01/14 10.5 km –51.5km –88.5 km
    01/16 8.0 km –59.5km –80.5 km
    01/20 11.0 km –70.5km –69.5 km – YTD 70.0

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