January 2017 Running Challenge
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January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – 10.39 warmup, 7.5 mile race, cool down
1/2 – 2.12 easy cross country
1/3 – 8.58 warmup, tempo intervals
1/4 – 5.01 easy
1/5 – 5.99 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/6 – rest day
1/7 – 16.59 warmup + Winter Warrior Half Marathon
1/8 – 7.62 easy on indoor track
1/9 – 6.51 easy
1/10 – 6.02 warmup + MP
1/11 – 6.20 mostly easy
1/12 – 9.01 warm up, speed work, cool down
1/13 – rest day
1/14 – 15.88 warm up, 5 mile race, post-race easy run
1/15 – 10.06 easy with hills
1/16 – 6.83 easy plus 4 strides
1/17 – 8.02 warm up, speed work, cool down
1/18 – 7.04 group run
1/19 – 7.67 warmup, speed work
1/20 – rest day
1/21 – 16.16 easy
1/22 – 7.63 one hour easy
January total to date – 163.33
Nominal Challenge Goal – 225 miles
Real Goals: Train toward Boston, working 3 Freezeroo races plus Winter Warrior Half into the training plan. Avoid injury.
Today's notes – Yesterday the plan said 14-18 miles at E, and 16 was all I could handle. Today the plan says one hour easy, and it was a piece of cake. Got out about 3 PM at 44º F (7º C) with a bit of a NE wind and overcast skies, but no precipitation. Ran a familiar 7-ish mile route with a few rolling hills, and had to add distance near the end to get to my hour. Felt pretty good, with most of the beat up areas from yesterday being fine after a good night's sleep.
I did think about @MNLittleFinn along about mile 2, when I got a random mild ache in my calf. I'd had them more frequently when I first started building miles after injury, but they're pretty rare now. Sure enough, it went away within a mile and didn't come back. I'm reasonably confident that these aches are because my calves became deconditioned with no running then very limited running to recover from tendinitis, and it's almost like developing the calves when I first became a runner. Except the development is a lot faster this time.
2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship 8K (Bend, OR)
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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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
01/21/17 :::: 7.4 :::: 70.8
01/22/17 :::: 3.3 :::: 74.1
Today was supposed to be my fun 5k, and the weather was PERFECT, but I had to miss it due to a scheduling conflict. So I consoled myself with a long hike this morning and a make-up run (ran it virtually I guess) this afternoon. It was 50 degrees and so nice to run without piling on the layers.
The hike this morning was so pretty, there was some fog that lifted and the sun came out. I saw a lot of deer but never managed a picture. Here's a couple of pics of Stella on our hike though
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@Calvin2008Brian congrats on the Key West HM! I gave a little thought to scheduling a vacation and running that this year too, but it didn't work out. Your report makes me want to try for it next year though!
@Stoshew71 love the hound dog pic! Sounds like you had a great and fun run despite the race postponement.
@HonuNui love the snorkeling pics, a slipper lobster is an interesting beast!
@kristinegift pretty trail!
@skippygirlsmom glad you got a good longer run! Nice!
@BeeerRunner sorry about the knee pain but good job with your long run. Hope it recovers quickly.
Everybody else - good running and take good care of the injuries/recovering injuries!
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@katharmonic , you don't mind giving Stella to me do you? Thanks.
Ran up Skirrid Fawr in the Brecon Beacons today. I say ran, I walked up most of the up bits. It's about 1100 ft from the car park to the top. I wanted to make a longer run than the three mile traditional trip, and noticed that there's a path going all the way round the base, as well as a path up the gentle slope along the ridge to the top, plus access from the steep edge. So I did halfway round the base, up the steep bit to the trig point on the top, at which point the mist had descended to the point where I could barely see a few feet in front of me, let alone the neighbouring mountains.
Then I ran down the ridge, and round the base. If anyone ever saw that episode of 'Friends' where Phoebe and Rachel went running, well that's what I did all the way down. That and pretending to be an aeroplane as I flew down. I am not four years old, but it is way more fun acting like I am than being a grown-up!!!
What with panting and puffing and trying to catch my breath and find my jelly babies, a mere 10k took the better part of two hours. But I had the BIGGEST grin on my face after. Flappy arms are the way to go.7 -
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »@kristinegift judging by the pictures, that was a great run! Oh, what shoes for the run?
@MNLittleFinn I've got a pair of Sketchers Go Trail shoes. I really like them, but all the rocks and muck and downhill gave me a bit of a hot spot on my foot, so I may need to look into a new trail shoe for the longer runs this spring.0 -
I survived my first race of the year! "Survived" being the correct term - 10.173km in 1:43:43, barely 20min faster than my last half marathon. Despite that snail's pace, I wasn't dead last - place 127/160 in my age group, 257 of 334 women overall (not a single woman finished in less than 1 hour). I guess that's what you get for signing up for a race called "snow trail by night"
True to the name, there was a lot of snow. 40cm fresh powder on the trails. I never ran through snow that deep for any longer distance before, I underestimated how hard it would be. I'm still not completely over a cold, so I decided to start at the very back and run an easy pace; hoping that would also mean that the snow would be trampled down by the people in front of me, but that didn't work out as planned. About 1km out of the 10 was packed snow on which I could run more or less normally, maybe 4km I sank in ankle-deep with each step, the other 5km it was more mid-calf. What was really frustrating was that for more than half the distance, the trail was single-file; either passing was completely impossible due to trees or steep slopes, or where it was possible, it ment wading through the knee-deep drifts of snow flanking the path. I spent a lot of time walking behind others when I would have prefered a slightly faster stumbling jog - maybe I shouldn't have started at the very back after all... There was one longer group of walkers behind which I was stuck for almost 2 kilometres; once I was finally past them the gap to the next runners had opened so much that I was running through the dark forest completly alone for the next 15 minutes, until I saw the next headlamps ahead of me.
The bit alone in the forest was probably the part I enjoyed the most, except maybe for one descent almost at the finish line that was too steep and icy to run down, where plastic snow gliders where provided to everyone - I already slid down another steep slope on my *kitten* earlier in the race, but with the right equipment it was less cold
And earlier in the race, when we were still on open fields, you could see the headlights of all the runners far in the distance, that was also pretty cool to see.
This is how it looked like at the beginning of the race, before it got completely dark:
And another picture from later in the race, one with the line of runners on the fields, before we entered the forest:
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@ddmom0811 You can also plan routes with Strava, which I find really useful for planning new routes - you can show the "heatmap" to see where other people run, you can also drag the route around, and in the end you can save it and then load it on your phone when you start tracking an activity, and then let it show both your planned routes as well as your actual track as you run/ride. Much easier than having to remember which way I was suppoed to turn and whenEveryone probably knew this but me, but I just discovered that on Google maps you can do a "measure distance". I was playing with it and mapped out two potential routes. I used to look at my Strava or Endomondo runs and estimate ways to go, but with this feature it tells you and you can drag the route to change it. I only use google maps for directions, not for this.
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@_nikkiwolf_ wow that looks crazy. I'm sorry it didn't turn out the way you wanted, it sucks that you got stuck where you couldn't pass. Great job getting it done.1
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@_nikkiwolf_ that looks crazy and awesome. Great job!1
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girlinahat wrote: »@katharmonic , you don't mind giving Stella to me do you? Thanks.
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Then I ran down the ridge, and round the base. If anyone ever saw that episode of 'Friends' where Phoebe and Rachel went running, well that's what I did all the way down. That and pretending to be an aeroplane as I flew down. I am not four years old, but it is way more fun acting like I am than being a grown-up!!!
What with panting and puffing and trying to catch my breath and find my jelly babies, a mere 10k took the better part of two hours. But I had the BIGGEST grin on my face after. Flappy arms are the way to go.
@girlinahat - You might not want her on some days, but she's pretty cuddly so I'll keep her. Awesome run! I love that image of Phoebe-like running and how fun that must have been.
@_nikkiwolf_ Wow, that's a tough run! I can't imagine how hard that was. Very cool.
This thread is full of some crazy runners! In a good way
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1/22 - 4.2
71.2/90 total for Jan
Still trying to get the hang of these boards...how do I find my earlier posts without scrolling back?0 -
1/22 - 4.2
71.2/90 total for Jan
Still trying to get the hang of these boards...how do I find my earlier posts without scrolling back?
I've been just scrolling back since I started. I normally know withing a page or 2 of where it should be, then I just control F each page looking for my SN1 -
@BEERRUNNER i thought about getting out too, but the wind is just too much. 34mph gusts and I'm sure my allergies can not handle that.
Way to get the 18+ miles in in pain free!
Yeah...that wind was crazy. There was a spot where I was getting a cross wind from the side and felt like it was blowing me around.
As you know, us runners think of all kinds of things while running so I was thinking about how to make a mini hand held parachute thing when the wind was at my back so I could run really super super fast!! Lol!!3 -
All I have to say is, thank goodness for walking. It's something I can still do to stay active even when I'm too worn out to run. And worn out I was today. Tried running in a few spots, but it was very apparent that I did not have it in me today. But I did walk for an hour, a little over 4 miles.
Incidentally, trying to run without the proper bra when you're as well endowed as I am is quite an interesting experience.
Tomorrow I go see my psychiatrist. I am really hoping I can get something to help me out. I am 100% frazzled from all the garbage that's been going on in my head.2 -
@respectthekitty good luck tomorrow1
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BeeerRunner wrote: »@BEERRUNNER i thought about getting out too, but the wind is just too much. 34mph gusts and I'm sure my allergies can not handle that.
Way to get the 18+ miles in in pain free!
Yeah...that wind was crazy. There was a spot where I was getting a cross wind from the side and felt like it was blowing me around.
As you know, us runners think of all kinds of things while running so I was thinking about how to make a mini hand held parachute thing when the wind was at my back so I could run really super super fast!! Lol!!
Haha! That'd been funny today! I was watching the leaves in the back blowing in circles!2 -
Loving all the photos today
. Wake was today, hit monthly because stress. Will hope to log 200km for January as a secondary goal.
January 1- Travel Day
January 2- 8.1km
January 3- 8.1km
January 4- 8.1km
January 5- Rest Day
January 6- 10km
January 7- 15.1km
January 8- 6km
January 9- HIIT Day
January 10- 10.1km
January 11- Rest Day
January 12- 10.1km
January 13- 7.1k
January 14- 21.1km
January 15&16- Off
January 17- 16km
January 18- 5.1km
January 19- 12.5km
January 20- Travel Day
January 21- 16km
January 22- 7.5km
160.8/160km0 -
@9voice9 I am so sorry for your loss, PTSD is such a terrible thing for anyone to suffer from.
@Katharmonic Cute pictures of your dog.
@Orphia Your poses are amazing, how long have you been doing yoga?
@_nikkiwolf_ Way to tough out a difficult run, seeing the runner’s lights in the dark is pretty cool.
Today was my long run and I was able to keep it slow enough that my average heart rate was in Zone 2 this time, which was what I was aiming for, along with the 8 km distance. This was my first full week of running using a training plan I created to prepare for a half marathon in September. I based most of it on what I learned from reading 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald and I'm sure I'll be modifying it as I go along and figure out what works best for me. Right now I'm mostly just working on building my base mileage and I just increased my running from 4 days/week to 5 days this week. So far so good...
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
1/22 8.01 – 69.02 LSD Run
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Goal 75 km
Upcoming Races:
Polar Hero 5km OCR? - 2/4
Ottawa Tamarack 10km - 5/27
Canada Army Run HM - 9/17
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January goal: Get up. Move.
1/1: rest
1/2 3.55
1/3 4.21
1/4 5.69
1/5 rest
1/6 2.71 + core/strength training
1/7 4.17
1/8 yoga
1/9 bought a car. Took ALL day!
1/10 4.70
1/11 3.2
1/12 work sux
1/13 work still sux
1/14 exhausted from sukky work week
1/15 5.11
1/16 3.15
1/17 3.00
1/18 snorkel 3 hours
1/19 rest
1/20 lazy
1/21 3.21
1/22 3.25
Total: 45.95
@_nikkiwolf_ that sure looked fun....as long as I didn't have to touch that white stuff myself!
@girlinahat I giggled out loud picturing your run with arms flapping...
Ticker is my goal for 2017 and total to date:
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@BeeerRunner Yay for your 20 mile run!! You managed that niggle/twinge/pain/pwiggle well.
"Pwiggle" Absolutely love that word! Haha
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I am almost 400 posts behind... I will never get caught up. So instead I will jus post my status...
After being in Texas all week either not having time to run or only getting in a couple of miles on the hotel gym treadmill, the thought of not running or going to the gym to run was untenable. Besides Hobbes needed to burn off some energy too. We headed out during a break in the storm and I thought we would get the run in before it got heavy again. I was so wrong... Heading home, Hobbes was sure if he ran faster and dragged me along he could outrun the rain so we kept stopping until he realized that wasn't going to work. By the time we did get home we were both like a couple of drowned rats.
Date........Miles........Total
01/01......0.00........0.00
01/02......4.58........4.58 - + Agility
01/03......4.28........8.86 - + Strength Training
01/04......0.00........8.86
01/05......4.39......13.25 - + Strength Training
01/06......8.01......21.26 - run before travel to Seattle
01/07......0.00......21.26 - Wedding dress shopping
01/08......3.65......24.91 - Hotel treadmill run
01/09......0.00......24.91 - Atlanta meetings
01/10......0.00......24.91 - Atlanta meetings
01/11......5.75......30.66 - Run between storms
01/12......0.00......30.66 - + Strength Training
01/13......6.18......36.84
01/14......9.73......46.57
01/15......2.00......48.57 - Dog Beach Sunday
01/16......0.00......48.57 - Off to Texas
01/17......3.66......52.23 - Treadmill
01/18......0.00......52.23
01/19......4.25......56.48 - Treadmill
01/20......0.00......56.48 - Home YAY!
01/21......0.00......56.48
01/22......6.62......63.10 - Very wet rain run
My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon
07/23/17 - San Francisco 1st Half Marathon
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ok ok...i did change my goal from 150k t0 100 as never run 150....i will up it next month ..promise
good running everyone and love seeing those pictures @_nikkiwolf_ that race looks amazing!
@MobyCarp you are flying sir!2 -
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Date,,,,,,,,,,Miles,,,,,,,,,,Total
1/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.0
2/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.3
3/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.3
4/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.6
5/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
6/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
7/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.2
8/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.8
9/1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.9,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.7
10/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.7
11/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.7
12/1,,,,,,,,,,,,2.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
13/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
14/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.0
15/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,23.4
16/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,26.4
17/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,29.5
18/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,32.6
19/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,32.6
20/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,36.3
21/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,39.3
22/1,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,39.3
23/1,,,,,,,,,,,,3.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,42.5![exercise.png[\img]](https://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wg0CHq8/exercise.png[\img])
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1/1: 5 miles
1/2: 2.4 miles
1/3: Busy day
1/4: 4.5 miles (am), 4.5 miles (pm) + lifting
1/5: 6 miles
1/6: 4 miles + lifting
1/7: 4.2 miles trails
1/8: 10 miles +0.6 (Cocoa Classic 10 miler)
1/9: Sick day
1/10: Sick day
1/11: 4.5 miles
1/12: 6 miles
1/13: 5 miles + lifting
1/14: Lazy day
1/15: Lazy day
1/16: 4 miles + lifting
1/17: 8 miles
1/18: 4.5 miles + 4.5 miles
1/19: 2.6 miles + lifting + 6 miles
1/20: Rest day
1/21: Women's March / Lazy Day
1/22: 8 miles of trails
1/23: 6 miles
I made it to a Monday morning coffee run! But then I didn't even stay for coffee because I had to come right home to beat my housemate to the shower (I take a 5-10 minute shower whereas he'll hog the bathroom for half an hour and make me late for work... it's high stakes, people!). My legs are really tired from my trail run yesterday! I was going to lift today but since I only have to go once this week (it's the end of this "stage" so I'm supposed to rest a week or so after the last lift session) I may just push it off to Wednesday. Today is a deadlift day, and my calves are usually a bit sore after deads and my calves are already really tight from the rocks & mud yesterday. Playing it safe. Still trying to figure out the best timing for lifting and doing running workouts throughout the week.
Winter/Spring 2017 Races:
1/8: NYCRUNS Cocoa Classic 10 mile 1:21:37 (10th AG)
2/18: FebApple Frozen 50 - 10 mile (trail)
3/12: E. Murray Todd HM
3/18: Looney Leprechaun 10k (trail)
3/26: Philly Love Run HM
5/14: Delaware Marathon Running Festival HM
5/21 or 5/28: Cleveland or Vermont City Marathons (maybe)
7/1: Finger Lakes Fifties 50k (trail)
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January Mile totals
1/1 rest. Colds suck
1/2- 5.23
1/3- 4.03
1/4- 4.01
1/5- 5.0
1/6- 4.0
1/7- Rest calf/achilles pain
1/8- recovery from calf/achilles pain
1/9- rest/recovery from calf/achilles pain
1/10- 2.01 YAY!
1/11-Rest, want to be careful before PT clearance
1/12- Rest- Saw PT, got clearance to run!
1/13- 4.02-first run after cleared
1/14- 6.11 test run-can I run a normal training distance? Yes, yes I can.
1/15- Rest, prepping for beginning training tomorrow
1/16- 5.38
1/17- REST
1/18- 7
1/19- XT- Just enough elliptical and other stuff at PT to count it!
1/20- 4.64
1/21- 13.11
122- 3.14
1.23- 5.06
Total: 72.77
Monthly goal: stay healthy and continue base building to start marathon training at the end of the month.
Nominal mileage goal: 70 (revised down after injury).
Today's notes: 5 pretty easy miles, kept average HR at 150, which is pretty solid z2 average. Pace was 9:55, which pleased me, because if I can keep that pace and that HR range when my runs get longer, a 4:20 marathon might be possible. Current "realistic" goal is to just try to run with the 4:30 pacer.
Once again, my shin was bugging me when I got up, it's weird, the best way to describe it is that it feels tight most of the time, and hurts sometimes. The pain does go away when I'm running, though, so I'm now very sure I was just being a hypochondriac when I was thinking stress fracture.
However, because of the shin, and my calf bugging me a bit, I skipped running my strides, I figure that the benefit I would get from them would be outweighed if I damaged myself by running fast.
Warm down routine was IT Band Rehab Routine which, as usual, left my butt sure, which I take as a sign that it's doing something for me.
Sorry for the long post to describe a pretty bland day.2 -
I won't make my goal for this month....Sickness took me out for 11 days. I think I'm doing fairly well considering. I plan to get a few more runs before the end of the month!!0
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@_nikkiwolf_ That sounds like it was an incredible race. Fantastic stuff!
@MNLittleFinn Better to take it easy now than end up having to have a long recovery period later!
@Joanna2012B Yeah, sickness sucks, but it's par for the course this time of year. Glad you're feeling better to squeeze some more runs in before the month's out!
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I didn't get to run over the weekend like I thought I would, but ah well, I'll survive!
01 - 5.21 miles
02 - 5.60
07 - 5.56
08 - 5.60
10 - 10.71
11 - 11.21
12 - 11.19
14 - 5.37
16 - 10.57
20 - 13.21
23 - 12.16
Total: 96.39 / 1001
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