February 2017 Running Challenge

2/1 - 4.3
2/2 - rest
2/3 - 3.1
2/4 - 5.0
2/5 - 4.6
2/6 - 3.1
2/7 - 3.1
2/8 - 6.0
2/9 - rest
2/10 - 5.0
2/11 - 5.0
2/12 - 4.0
2/13 - 3.5
2/14 - 5.5
2/15 - 5.0
2/16 - 3.1
2/17 - rest
2/18 - 4.0
2/19 - 4.0
2/20 - rest (sick)
2/21 - rest (sick)
2/22 - rest (sick)
2/23 - rest (sick)
2/24 - 3.0
2/25 - rest (sick)
2/26 - rest (sick)
2/27 - 3.0
2/28 - 3.0
Feb total: 77.3/100mi

Ending Feb. with a whimper. Ah well. A new month awaits!

50 miles managed - final mile completed tonight despite really not feeling it. Not going to set a goal for March until I go to the physio next week to find out what is up with my hip

This week:
2.27.17 - 8 miles. 9:30 pace.
2.28-17 - 10.4 miles. 8:50 pace.

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
2/9 – 12.03 MP intervals
2/10 – rest day
2/11 – 18.63 paced run + solo miles
2/12 – 11.48 easy 90 minutes
2/13 – rest day
2/14 – 12.25 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/15 – 6.62 group run
2/16 – 10.05 easy with hills
2/17 – rest day
2/18 – 22.17 paced run + solo miles
2/19 – 12.97 easy 100 minutes with hills
2/20 – rest day
2/21 – 10.47 warm up, speed work, cool down
2/22 – 11.17 easy
2/23 – 14.21 aborted intervals + make up miles
2/24 – rest day
2/25 – 7.18 warm up + race
2/26 – 9.32 MP intervals
2/27 – rest day
2/28 – 10.56 warm up, speed work, cool down

February total to date – 203.01

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

Today's notes – Final February report! Today's assignment was 2 x 3 miles at T pace with 3 minutes recovery, then 4 x 200 at R pace with 200 recovery. The nice indoor track was closed because it was set up for a non-running event tomorrow, and the setup was prior to 5 PM. That canceled evening use of the track, even though the facility was not in use for the special occasion during the evening. Grrr!

So I ran the interval workout on the outdoor track, because the weather was nice enough to run outdoors and I hadn't brought my headlamp. With the headlamp, I could have at least run the 2 x 3 miles at T on the roads instead of doing laps on the track. But I expected to be indoors. Oh, well. I substituted 4800m for 3 miles and called it close enough, though Garmin autolapped the miles before 1600m. Huh. The first mile, I had to pass some people; the rest of the time, I pretty much had the dark track to myself. Add a 2 mile warm up and a 1 mile cool down, and I got over 10 miles in this evening.

So for the month of February, I'm over 200 miles but short of the nominal 225 mile goal. I knew this was coming, as I missed too many running days in the disaster of travel to and from Bend. As far as real goals, I'm running very well right now. I had the stamina to run the 2 x 3 miles at T tonight, I ran the 200s at R faster than I thought I could (39, 39, 40, and 38 seconds), and I'm feeling pretty healthy. So I'd say training toward Boston is right on track, and I survived the travel to and from Bend in decent shape. Real goals were met, and I'm not going to fret about being short a few miles for the month.

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) sat out due to training schedule
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
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)

2/1: 2.2 miles walk, 6.3 miles bike
2/2: Rest/PT
2/3: 45 mins elliptical
2/4: 10 miles bike
2/5: 67 mins elliptical
2/6: 9 miles bike
2/7: 40 mins elliptical
2/8: Rest
2/9: 1.4 miles walk, 30 mins elliptical
2/10: PT, 9.8 miles bike
2/11: 1.9 miles walk/jog
2/12: Rest
2/13: 5.5 miles bike, 1.4 miles walk/jog
2/14: 60 mins elliptical
2/15: PT, 10 miles bike
2/16: Rest
2/17: 2.6 miles run/walk
2/18: 3.1 miles hike/walk
2/19: 2.5 miles run/walk
2/20: 10 miles bike
2/21: 2.8 miles run/walk
2/22: PT, 9.7 miles bike
2/23: 3.2 miles run/walk
2/24: Rest
2/25: 3.5 miles run/walk
2/26: 2.8 miles run/walk
2/27: 9 miles bike
2/28: 3.4 miles run/walk

TOTAL: 23/22 workout days

Finishing up February with with a run on the treadmill tonight. 3.4 miles in 37:37. Warm up walk, 5 x 5 mins run/2 mins walk, cool down walk. This was my first run on the treadmill post-injury but it wasn't too bad since I was doing intervals. The flat and even surface of the treadmill makes me hyper aware of my gait and running symmetry. I can tell I've improved a little bit but I definitely still have a ways to go. Tomorrow evening is my much-anticipated gait analysis appointment and I'm very interested to see how it will go.

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
2/9/17----7.8miles
2/10/17----5.3miles
2/11/17----10.2miles
2/12/17----6.5miles
2/13/17----7.3miles
2/14/17----7.6miles
2/15/17----7.5miles
2/16/17----6.4miles
2/17/17----6.9miles
2/18/17----6.1miles
2/19/17----5miles
2/20/17----10.7miles
2/21/17----7.2miles
2/22/17----6.6miles
2/23/17----8.6miles
2/24/17----6.5miles
2/25/17----4.3miles
2/26/17----0 miles ----yeah i just walked from my bed to the restroom a few times
2/27/17----9 miles
2/28/17----7.8miles

Well the last weekend got a little out of control...but I'm quite happy with the result overall.

new goal 200miles for Feb...these logs are walking/running combined.

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

To preface this, I have a appointment set with my Primary care physician who's a DO....Question for ya'all, could tight quads cause pain near the top of my shin? I notice it most when going up and down stairs. When I run, it goes away after a while. The reason I asked about quads, is I did some stretching at my desk, and I noticed that my left quad is a lot stiffer than it used to be....

My #1 running hero is my boss.

She says that after running for years, you get used to the fact that there's always some sort of niggle.

You also get used to knowing if it's a niggle you can run through, or an injury you should rest.

If it was me 18 months ago, I'd be panicking. Now, those sound like niggles. FWIW

Elise4270 wrote: »

@KatieJane83 @lporter229 and @Orphia happy birthdays!! You gonna run you're ages?

And anniversary @greenolivetree!

Congratulations & all the best to all of you!
@Elise4270 You should have made the "run your age" suggestion 10 years ago, maybe I could have done it then. This year my birthday will be a week before a marathon that I might sign up for; I'm not sure 32 mi or even km fit in with the taper. Maybe my age in minutes

@skippygirlsmom Woohoo, great news that you don't need surgery!

@potatowhoruns Great job making it to 50mi. I hope there isn't anything serious wrong with your hip.

@lporter229 I always feel like the trails are so far away from me - 15-20min by car, depending on where I want to run. I would prefer to have them right outside the door. But I guess "far" is relative. It's usually worth the drive :-)
I hope your PT appointment goes well on Friday!

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7km run for me yesterday. I even (barely) got back before midnight, so it all counts for February. That brings me to 202km for the month. Some technical challenges along with that - Strava wouldn't let me upload last night, and that other ticker site I was using gives an error message when you want to enter a current value larger than the goal.
But nevermind - after three month of recovery/travel/holidays/illness, I've finally made it past 200km again, yay!

FEBRUARY TOTALS:

Run - 131.1
Walk - 101.3
Total - 232.4

Best month ever! Now to make March even better.

Anyone else anxiously waiting on NYC lottery today?

This is my 6th time in the lottery and I've never yet been picked. Fingers crossed!

Here are my runs for this month:
1st 4.6km
4th. 6.4km
6th. 1.8km
7th. 6km
8th. 5.1km
13th. 1.1km
14th. 6.5km
18th. 6.1km
20th. 4.6km
23rd. 4.5km
25th. 5km (Birkenhead Park ParkRun)
27th. 6.2km


Total 57.9 km
Target was 54 km was very pleased with that

Happy running