February 2017 Running Challenge

MobyCarp · February 2017

February Running Totals (miles)
2/1 – 7.00 easy
2/2 – 2.63 easy shakedown run
2/3 – travel day, didn't get a run in
2/4 – 7.99 warm up on road + 8K cross country
2/5 – travel day, didn't get a run in
2/6 – travel day
2/7 – 9.26 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/8 – 7.02 group run

February total to date – 33.90

Nominal Challenge Goal – 225 miles
Real Goals: Survive travel to and from Bend. Train well toward Boston. Avoid injury.

Today's notes – Felt beat up this morning after yesterday evening's speed work, so instead of running in the afternoon I did my tax return and let my body recover till the group run in the evening. Good call. The group run was quite pleasant, good conversation, decent weather, comfortable pace. I'm feeling better about getting marathon training back on track now; not running 3 days due to travel nonsense got to me worse than I thought at first.

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) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) will sit out due to training schedule
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)
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Virginia Beach, VA)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

BeeerRunner · February 2017

@OSUbuckeye906 Hope you get cleared Friday!! Keep us posted.

@katharmonic Sounds like you need to find a marathon?

OSUbuckeye906 · February 2017

Thanks @MNLittleFinn , @katharmonic , and @BeeerRunner !

I got my Chicago Marathon official results book in the mail from the 2016 race. Seems like it was so long ago and I seem so far from where I was running-wise at that point (for better and for worse) but it really wasn't that long ago and I know I'll be back into the swing of marathon training before I know it. In other running news, RW is going to be making an appearance at Columbus's Capital City HM this spring since it's the USATF Half Marathon Championships again this year, which reminds me that I need to officially register to volunteer. Also, Jeff Galloway will be talking at the expo for the half marathon I was thinking about running in May (Buffalo Marathon).

I was about 80+ comments behind in this thread and skimmed through them but I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of the places all of you run. It's neat to see all types of areas represented. Here's a few of mine.

These are an example of the neighborhoods nearby my apartment that I run most of my runs on. My runs are usually a mixture of running on residential streets and asphalt paths next to busier main streets. I do have to wait at a light to cross a very busy street in order to get to the more preferable neighborhood but the light is at the very beginning/end, so not too bad.

This is the trail that I have run most of my long runs on the past few years but I've used a little less this fall/winter after discovering some better running routes starting from home.

cchen2015 · February 2017

2/1/17----7.2miles
2/2/17----7.8miles
2/3/17----7.7miles
2/4/17----8.7miles
2/5/17----5.1miles
2/6/17----6.5miles
2/7/17----9.1miles
2/8/17----6.75miles

JessicaMcB · February 2017

February 1- 15km
February 2- 11km
February 3- 11.1km
February 4- 22km
February 5- 10km
February 6- 15.1km
February 7- 5.1km
February 8- 14km

105.3km/200km

shanaber · February 2017

Nice evening run today and will be out tomorrow morning before my day gets totally crazy. Thursday afternoon and evening are crazy days for me with lots of afternoon meetings, strength training and Rally class with the pup...
Date........Miles........Total
02/01......4.63........4.63
02/02......0.00........4.63 - + Strength Training and Rally
02/03......2.35........6.98
02/04......0.00........6.98 - Race Expo
02/05....13.36......20.18 - Surf City HM
02/06......0.00......20.34
02/07......5.23......25.57 - + Strength Training
02/08......5.97......31.54

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

Here are pics of where I run. I run my neighborhood out to a busy 45mph street that I have to cross and then run up about 0.5 mile to get to the trail where I run along the river.
This my street heading out of my neighborhood

Busy street (although it wasn't busy at the time Google was out taking pictures) heading towards the trail with clearly marked 4-way stop that many people don't bother to stop at or they stop and go through regardless if you are in the crosswalk

Entrance to the trail - must have been taken a while ago because the greenery is much more grown up now

My view from the trail

I also go out on the dirt service road right along the river on the weekends.

Orphia · February 2017

JessicaMcB wrote: »

Orphia wrote: »

JessicaMcB wrote: »

February 1- 15km
February 2- 11km
February 3- 11.1km
February 4- 22km
February 5- 10km
February 6- 15.1km
February 7- 5.1km

91.3km/200km

Oh, my, wow. Awesome, @JessicaMcB

When's your marathon?

@Orphia June 18 haha. I'm trying to train more long game for CDR (125k) in August though now that I've been convinced I should run it. So really my mileage should be higher if I'm honest with myself

Oh my freaking wow. 125K????

Orphia · February 2017

01 Feb – 10.1 km
02 Feb – 7.5 km + Body Balance
04 Feb – 10.7 km including parkrun
05 Feb – 13.3 km hilly run
06 Feb – 2.6 km + 1150m swimming
07 Feb – 9 km + Pilates
08 Feb - swimming
09 Feb – 10 km

Goal: 100 miles / 160 km
Total: 63.2 km

Upcoming:
25 Feb - 16.4 km Farm to Pub

Ran 10 km this morning, and Garmin sent my run to Strava, but Garmin didn't save the activity in Garmin Connect.

I've synced it at least 10 times, logged out and in of GC, updated on Garmin Express, and synced some more, but it's still not showing as a run in Garmin Connect.

I've lodged an error report.

Pretty happy, though, that all is well in Strava. Strava is my life.

NikolaosKey · February 2017

@Orphia
You can export the activity from strava and import it to GC. This will include time, pace, and path since it is actually a copy of GC. This dont solve the problem but at least this way you won't miss the activity in GC.

ddmom0811 · February 2017

@shanaber - those mountains!!! I love mountains. Not necessarily climbing them, but seeing them in the distance. It's probably not safe for me to be driving where there are mountains in the distance because I just stare at them. (JK)

Being the mature runner that I am, I am taking a rest day!

I have a goal of one rest day a week - so I am counting them as another MFP friend of mine is doing.
Being the data-nerd, like most of us in here, I just counted and I had 38 rest days last year. But that's because I did the Holiday streak and some of those days were just 1 mile runs - so when I add those days in, 42 rest days. However, my exercises are running, lifting and cycling. So when you mix them up it's really not so bad.

2/1 - strength training
2/2 - 4.30 miles
2/3 - rest day (5)
2/4 - cycling 34 miles
2/5 - Daytona HM - 2:22.01
2/6 - Strength training
2/7 - 3.5 miles
2/8 - Strength training + 3.1 miles with running group
2/9 - rest day (6)

Upcoming races
2/5/17 - Daytona Beach HM
2/26/17 - Disney Princess HM Orlando

potatowhoruns · February 2017

Another 2 miles done in the drizzle yesterday. Combined with a bike ride for my first double of triathlon training! Feeling good! Running with Tyne Bridge Harriers tonight

07KatieP13 · February 2017

Date,,,,,,,,,,,,Miles,,,,,,,,,,,,,Total
1/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.1
2/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.1
3/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.1
4/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.1
5/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.2
6/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.7
7/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Rest,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.7
8/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19.8
9/2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,23.8

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garygse · February 2017

Nice seeing images of where everyone runs! I'd add some, but seeing as I run very early in the morning, just imagine some very dark images consisting of street lights and the odd early commuter or two. By the time it'll start getting light enough for me to enjoy the scenery, the clocks will go forward and plunge my runs back into darkness.

03 - 2.24 miles
04 - 9.30
06 - 11.67
07 - 7.25
08 - 12.43
09 - 7.61

Total: 50.50 / 125

autumnblade75 · February 2017

2/1/17 - 6 miles

2/3/17 - 12 miles
2/4/17 - 7 miles
2/5/17 - 7 miles

2/7/17 - 7.5 miles
2/8/17 - 6 miles

Funny story. I'm an idiot. I ran outside and totally forgot to try out my new shoes that are too slippery for the treadmill. It was all the neighborhood pictures that did it. Also, my husband was watching a movie and the treadmill is right there in the living room, and I play my music right through the treadmill's speakers, and it wouldn't have been polite...

It was very cold, but I didn't really feel it until after the run.

karllundy · February 2017

2/1 - 3.4 'mill miles and a quick weight session. The scale was ugly today.
2/2 - 4.1 treadmill miles.
2/3 - Rest day.
2/4 - 2.3 'mill miles and then Bodypump class
2/5 - Super Bowl = no run AND way overeating.
2/6 - 4.01 miles.
2/7 - 4.25 miles.
2/8 - Shoveled in lieu of running. I hate snow.
2/9 - 5.3 treadmill miles. Trek class with a lot of "tempo".

Planned Races
2/11 - Red Flannel Run 5 Mile
4/8 - Beer and Bagel "Off Road"
5/13 - Market to Market Relay
6/3 - Dam to Dam HM
10/15 - IMT Des Moines HM

vandinem · February 2017

Date     Miles      MTD
------   -----    -------
Feb 01     6.5T       6.5
Feb 02     4.7T      11.2
Feb 04     5.6       16.8
Feb 05     6.5       23.3
Feb 06     5.1       28.4
Feb 09     5.6       34.0

Managed to get out this morning ahead (I'm told) of a large scale blizzard promising a foot of snow. Lots of wind, and a little rain, but so far no snow. My "work from home" play is looking a little weak right now!

BeeerRunner · February 2017

February Running Challenge:

2/1 10 miles
2/2 2.2 miles
2/3 Rest day
2/4 10 mile pace run
2/5 20 mile run
2/6 5 mile very slow run
2/7 2 mile run with Spotty
2/8 8 mile run: 1 w/u with Spotty, 6 pace, 1 c/d

Goal: 57.2 of 135

Upcoming Races:

Cowtown Marathon (Full) Feb 26 (Registered)
XTERRA ATX Trail Run (21K) Apr 23 (Tentative)
XTERRA Rock Dallas Trail Run (HM at night) May 27 (Tentative)
XTERRA Jurassic Trail Run (HM at night) Jul 8 (Tentative)
La Sportiva Vail Half Marathon: Jul 22 (Tentative)

Well, after all this talk about runners and cars, I had my 1st situation last night where a lady wasn't paying attention and was slowly veering towards me to the point where I had to hop up on the curb off the road. She got to hear some choice cuss words from me!

Otherwise, it was a good run. I had a pace run planned. The 1st 3 miles I felt really sluggish, but I guess my body got warmed up at that point, and I was able to kick it in gear. I normally don't enjoy the longer weekday runs, just because I'm tired from work, but I felt really good after this one, and my knee felt great too.

MNLittleFinn · February 2017

2/1- 8.1
2/2- REST
2/3- 4.23
2/4- 14.11
2/5- 3.16
2/6- 6.16
2/7- REST
2/8- 8.09
2/9- REST

Total: 43.85

Monthly goals:
Mileage goal: 150
Real Goal: Stay healthy enough to get into the swing of real marathon training.

Today's notes: Thursday's are an optional XT day, but with my recent history of leg issues, I've pretty much decided that they will be a rest day. Looking at my schedule, I bump up to 6 days running next week anyway, so keeping Thursdays as rest after my Tempo Run Wednesdays seems like a wise idea.

Mari33a · February 2017

01/02 3.06 miles
08/02 3.16 miles
09/02 3.51 miles

ritzvin · February 2017

OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »

Also, Jeff Galloway will be talking at the expo for the half marathon I was thinking about running in May (Buffalo Marathon).

Your pictures remind me of some of the areas I cycle.

I'm way too lazy to commit to getting up early enough to run the Buffalo marathon/half marathon (6:30 am start). I am eyeing the Niagara International though (starts in Buffalo, ~1 mile away from my place) if I get to the point where I think I can do a marathon.

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