February 2017 Running Challenge

2/1-5.2 miles +1 mile with Stella
2/2-1.2 miles with Stella +6.9 miles solo
2/3-1 mile with Stella+2.3 shakeout miles
2/4-6.2 miles Cyclones Frozen 10K-PR!
2/5-14 miles
2/6-rest day
2/7-5.7 miles
2/8-7.5 miles
2/9-6 miles
2/10-unplanned rest day due to nagging hammie. Lots of yoga and foam rolling
2/11-20 miles
2/12-4 gimpy recovery miles
2/13-Rest Day
2/14-Unplanned rest day for hamstring
2/15-Unplanned rest day for hamstring/travel12/16-3.4 miles-easin' back into it at the beach
2/17-4.5 miles
2/18-2.1 miles12/19-6.0 miles
2/20-10.2 miles
2/21-4.4 miles-1.4 miles with Stella + 3 miles solo

@garygse-Congrats on the HM PR...80/20 rules!! No doubt you will get a huge PR at your race!
@Elise4270- Did you say MFP MRC destination race??? I'm in! Can you imagine everyone here showing up for a race together? That would be awesome. And if it's Hawaii, then hell yeah!
@MNLittleFinn - Great speed workout today! You are doing fantastic!

This damn sinus infection is kicking my *kitten*. Worst I've had in a while. I worked from home yesterday, and postponed my scheduled 6 mile run. still feeling like crud today, but I'm in the office. I had to see a different doc on Monday, not my regular, and she gave me a course of antibiotics that's only 3 days(!!!). So, I just emailed my regular doc asking for an extension, because this infection is definitely not out of here yet. Still, I am determined to get a run in. I'm medicating, I've been resting and hydrating, and hopefully the exercise will help loosen up my head a bit more (often that happens). So, I am planning on a super easy 6 miles on the dreadmill at the gym today. Gonna take out any weather and hill factors, and just keep it slow. But I need to get my miles in!!!!!! Lol.

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Still fighting some chest cold virus & feel like something the cat dragged in (despite getting lots of rest). Haven't been sick like this in a long time. No fever, just feeling creaky & chilly. If I don't improve by tomorrow, the it's off to the Dr.! I miss running...

sorry to say I'm in week two of a chesty cold thing. headachy, chesty, coughing up stuff, start to feel better then get worse the next day, generally finding things hard work.

I'm FINALLY starting to come out of it (I hope), but I haven't run since a 9 miler ten days ago. I'm supposed to do a hilly off-road 10k on Sunday, but that's looking doubtful - do I run it anyway, or keep resting so I don't go downhill again?

Hope yours clears quicker than mine is!! Any longer and it WILL start to have an impact on my Half Marathon training.

@osubuckeye906 My guy's office is going to call and make the appointment so until I get that I won't know how it will affect it. I'm trying to read up on it but haven't really seen anything that covers the issue(s), I've also been so busy at work I haven't had time to really research yet or better yet ask our running community online
@orphia the angiogram showed the tears

At first I didn't want to do the whole MRI thing, because it costs me almost $900 since I'm not at my deductible yet, but like he said better to know EVERYTHING that is wrong upfront so it was worth it.

Ugh! @stoshew71 That is horrible!

@girlinahat and @katiejane83 Hope you both are completely well soon!

girlinahat wrote: »

snowyne wrote: »

Still fighting some chest cold virus & feel like something the cat dragged in (despite getting lots of rest). Haven't been sick like this in a long time. No fever, just feeling creaky & chilly. If I don't improve by tomorrow, the it's off to the Dr.! I miss running...

sorry to say I'm in week two of a chesty cold thing. headachy, chesty, coughing up stuff, start to feel better then get worse the next day, generally finding things hard work.

I'm FINALLY starting to come out of it (I hope), but I haven't run since a 9 miler ten days ago. I'm supposed to do a hilly off-road 10k on Sunday, but that's looking doubtful - do I run it anyway, or keep resting so I don't go downhill again?

Hope yours clears quicker than mine is!! Any longer and it WILL start to have an impact on my Half Marathon training.

@girlinahat -- Thank you. That stinks! So sorry it's lingered that long. My brand of crud sounds very similar to yours & I'm afraid it may last as long, too. Every day I cycle through feeling so-so and then right back to awful. I have to believe you'll be back to running soon!

@KatieJane83 -- Ugh. Sinus infections are the worst...so painful & makes it impossible to focus on anything else! Hope you're better soon!

Hey @kristinegift I may be in your neighborhood over Labor Day weekend. My nephew is getting married in Princeton at St. Paul's Catholic church on Nassau St. Is that near you? Of course when we got the "Save the Date" card yesterday my first thought was to find some running routes. I've always been intrigued by the tow paths you run so that will likely be the destination for at least one of my runs. I might be getting ahead of myself...I don't even know if we're going yet, but I want to be prepared if we do. I still need to talk this over with my wife. I sure hope we can make it.

@skippygirlsmom so sorry about the MRI results. I guess the good thing is now you know the full extent of the injury and can focus on doing what you need to do to get it fixed and get back to running. It may be a long haul but I'm confident you can do it.

@lporter229 my stretching has fallen way off. I don't stretch at all before running. I just start by walking fast, then a slow run, then slowly increase my pace until I'm going at my target pace. Stretching after....eh...I sometimes do it, mainly if there's something that feels like it needs to be stretched. I'm not convinced that it's necessary, though I need to study the issue more before I come to my own conclusion. But yeah, 10 minutes of stretching reduces the time you have to run by about 10 minutes and I know where I'd rather spend my time.

@HonuNui the Volcano Marathon does sound rather intriguing...

@garygse that's great that you're seeing positive results! It's a great feeling when you hit a PR during a training run.

@snowyne, @girlinahat and @Katiejane83, you folks get better soon!

@Stoshew71 I saw that article. Un-flippin'-believable how sick some people are.

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

2/10/17 - 12 miles
2/11/17 - 4.5 miles
2/12/17 - 7.5 miles

2/14/17 - 7 miles
2/15/17 - 7.2 miles

2/17/17 - 14 miles
2/18/17 - 3.25 miles
2/19/17 - 7.5 miles
2/20/17 - 2 miles
2/21/17 - 3.25 miles
2/22/17 - 8 miles

Hurried day today, only got a 5k run in this morning.

Well, I finally did it. I set up an assessment with a personal trainer at my gym. I want to hear what he has to say about incorporating more strength training into my routine, and what I can do to drop the last 15 pounds I need to drop that won't seem to come off.

I have this horrible feeling adding strength training will mean I'll have to cut back on miles. But maybe not. I guess I'll have to see what the trainer recommends. All I know is that I've been seriously neglecting strength training in favor of running as much as I can. Maybe I can find a balance.