November 2017 Running Challenge
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girlinahat wrote: »@skippygirlsmom sorry skips been through so much lately.
@_nikkiwolf_ yeah, that many shirts? Normal.
@bride001 call me biased but Guinea Pigs are great pets. They say you should let them get used to you being around and gently encourage them to approach you before picking them up. Yeah right. Ours lasted about a day before they get picked up and smothered in kisses.
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I love Guinea Pigs too but am holding out for a gerbil. I have wanted one since the fifth grade...the first time I saw one. It was a classroom pet...when things got boring in class, I could always hear the little guy exercising on the wheel.0 -
My first run for the month may not be until Wednesday....a really late start for a November challenge. My first opportunity was yesterday, but lots of storms, and tornado watch for most of the state of Indiana. I changed my plans to go to the gym and "treadmill" it, but then the rain really picked up. My husband asked me to stay home. Errrr! He is always so sensible.... Running is a real stress reliever...not sure how I am going to destress before work.0
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »@juliet3455 Sorry about your hip! I hope it's nothing serious.
@JessicaMcB Brrr, I'm freezing just thinking about -23°C! Running a marathon in that is really brave. Awesome run!
Before my summer vacation in Canada this year I had never heard of Tim Hortons. Now I finally know what you and @juliet3455 are talking about
But still - 25 workout shirts? (plus five cycling jerseys, but they are on another pile in the closet, so they don't count ^^)
Am I the only one who is that bad, or is that amount of running clothing normal?
@_nikkiwolf_ Woke up Sunday morning and the ankle on the same leg was stiff, so I probably rolled an ankle ( never felt it at the time ) just enough that I was favoring it and threw my gait off transferring the stress to the Hip Joint. Feels okay now.
Tim's sponsors a lot of local events ( running, swimming, hockey etc ) and they have quite a few Summer Camps for Kids across Canada so that makes them a local favorite with the parents of sports teams. I was volunteering at a Peewee Hockey tournament last year ( tying skate's, Ice Cleaning, etc ) and 6 of the 12 teams were sponsored by the different Tim Horton Owners around the area, some had 2 sponsored teams. So the poor announcer would get the names mixed up all the time. That's a lot of Uniforms, Hot Chocolate and Tim Bits to pay for.
Your Pile Sounds Like my Closet in the Basement. All though I did just do a bit of a purge on it - Some nasty bad shirts that went in the trash and some that went to Sally Ann.
I saw this on a shirt at an event once.
Race Shirts I own >100
Race Shirts I wear 6
Race Shirts I will Give away 05 -
Kudos to all who are kicking butt this month and well wishes to all who are on the injured list! I am way behind and have been catching up this morning but there are lots of you to tag. Extra kudos to those of you braving ridiculous cold... (insert snowman emoji here).
11/1 - rest
11/2 - strength training, 15 min run
11/3 - rest
11/4 - strength training
11/5 - 15 min run
11/6 - strength training
Happy Monday! Or something... 2 -
@skippygirlsmom - I had my very first accident in my daughters brand new car of 1 week. It was in stop and go traffic and we were only going 10 mph but the way we hit did so much damage. Because the car was a new model we couldn’t get the parts for over 4 months and it took 6 to get it back. She cried and cried and told me ‘I ruined her car’! We laugh about it now but she still gives me grief about it!
OMG @shanaber that is terrible. I stopped at the mechanic this morning and they will try to look at it today to get me an estimate. If the woman would have seen her and tried to stop I'm sure things wouldn't be so bad, but she said she never saw her until she hit her.
I saw this on a shirt at an event once.
Race Shirts I own >100
Race Shirts I wear 6
Race Shirts I will Give away 0
@juliet3455 that sounds about right ha ha
@mobycarp Skip has started a box of shirts she wants turned into a quilt. Each race this year we have purchased shirts if they were for sale so she can take the quilt to college.
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11/1 - 8 miles
11/2 - 0 miles
11/3 - 0 miles
11/4 - 3 miles of horrible
11/5 – 10 miles of awesome
11/6 – 0 miles
21 of 100 miles
Yipes this month isn’t starting off too good. I got up this morning and I’m in the bathroom and I thought I heard thunder. I looked out the window and my neighbor was out there doing heaven knows what and I thought it was her. So I get dressed, walk out and it’s thunder okay then. So I wait a minute and no lightening so I start up the street, more thunder and now lightening….I stand there for a few minutes, nothing, I start again big lightening. Okay back home I go. I was in the house 2 minutes when the sky fell in with a thunderstorm.
I have a million things to do tonight to get ready for the XC banquet so I’m not sure I’ll get out before tomorrow.
@Ryokat I had to laugh at your cat story. It’s the suddenness of stuff coming at me that scares me the most.
Talk about leaders being fast, I always like to preview the course, whether run/walk/drive it. So I had a friend with me and I was driving a course and he said “why do you do this it’s not like you’ll be first and need to know where to go” I said “no I’m afraid everyone will be so far in front of me I’ll have no one to follow and get lost” ha ha
@ereck44 The fact the woman literally never even shut off her car had me thinking she shouldn’t be driving. She asked Skip to take pictures of her car on Skip’s phone to show her. It was really weird Skip said. She never said a word to me at all. Believe it or not we just replaced the tie rod and other front end parts on that side of car back in March. I said to the mechanic this morning, find me some kind of a discount. I can sue her insurance company to pay, but since there are no real right of ways in a parking lot on private property there isn’t really an “at fault” person expect in a few instances. I hate parking lots, everyone seems to think they have a right of way. I think if Skip was a more experienced driver her common sense would have outweighed her “I have the right of way” and she would have stopped even if she didn’t actually have to by law.
@ddmom0811 how did Denise do?
@WandaVaughn I know you did great in your HM but you have been quiet, are you okay?
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I love Guinea Pigs too but am holding out for a gerbil. I have wanted one since the fifth grade...the first time I saw one. It was a classroom pet...when things got boring in class, I could always hear the little guy exercising on the wheel.
I had gerbils when I was a kid. Loads of them......they tend to multiply when you're not looking. Very cute, and very friendly. Also crepuscular, so you actually get to interact with them, unlike hamsters, which to my mind are bite-y things with unnatural lack of tails......
I wanted to get rats, having never had a guinea pig (this pair are my second guinea pig experience, our first died earlier this year aged 5ish), but my housemate wanted a guinea pig. This time I insisted on a pair as they are social animals, although they are not sisters (lets just say I spent more time than is good for either of us looking at pictures of genitals and checking the pigs to be sure.....
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11/1 - Started month with unplanned rest day. Damn I hate colds!
11/2 - 5 miles on a perfect morning to run (43° F and little wind)
11/3 - Unplanned rest day...can't shake this stupid virus!
11/4 - 5.1 miles.
11/5 - Planned rest day / church, etc.
11/6 - 5.1 miles. A bit chilly for November...wind chill was 19° F.
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11/1- 25 minutes strength training (legs)+ 3.7 miles treadmill intervals
11/2-5.3 miles
11/3-5.1 miles
11/4-10 miles +2.8 miles pub crawl
11/5-rest day (dog walking, but that was it)
21.9/120
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Since I least checked in, I had a fantastic scenic run or Friday evening, a cold and wet 10 miler with my group on Saturday morning, then I did my first ever pub crawl on Saturday night (3 miles total). It was a ton of fun. Maybe too much. Yesterday was a rest day
@katharmonic - Happy belated birthday!
@Orphia - Fantastic photo, as usual!
@kevaasen - A number of people from my running group ran the Indy Monumental this past weekend. Lots of PRs and several BQs. I have heard nothing but great things about that race.
@Pastorvincent- Regarding fast people and out and backs: My husband ran the 5K on marathon weekend in Boston this past year. The winner, Ben True, set an American record of 13:20. With over 10, 000 runners in the race, he crossed the finish line before my husband crossed the start. It was a fun race to spectate.6 -
lporter229 wrote: »@Pastorvincent- Regarding fast people and out and backs: My husband ran the 5K on marathon weekend in Boston this past year. The winner, Ben True, set an American record of 13:20. With over 10, 000 runners in the race, he crossed the finish line before my husband crossed the start. It was a fun race to spectate.
Hah! Wow.
Talk about no pressure to try and win that one!
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I'm in for 45 miles.
11/6 3.46 Mi 3.46 Mi Total - Finally got out there after fighting a chest cold for the past week.1 -
girlinahat wrote: »
I love Guinea Pigs too but am holding out for a gerbil. I have wanted one since the fifth grade...the first time I saw one. It was a classroom pet...when things got boring in class, I could always hear the little guy exercising on the wheel.
I had gerbils when I was a kid. Loads of them......they tend to multiply when you're not looking. Very cute, and very friendly. Also crepuscular, so you actually get to interact with them, unlike hamsters, which to my mind are bite-y things with unnatural lack of tails......
I wanted to get rats, having never had a guinea pig (this pair are my second guinea pig experience, our first died earlier this year aged 5ish), but my housemate wanted a guinea pig. This time I insisted on a pair as they are social animals, although they are not sisters (lets just say I spent more time than is good for either of us looking at pictures of genitals and checking the pigs to be sure..... )
I got rats... Happy to send them your way. Seems all you have to do is build a brush pile and they move in.
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11/1 - REST
11/2 - REST
11/3 - 1.95
11/4 - 8
11/5 - REST
11/6 - 4.7
GPS was a little wonky so I had to guess. Was aiming for 5, and came up with 4.7, so not too bad. The best part about the run? It felt AWESOME. No calf pain. No hip pain. A little pre-run G2 and a post-run Quest bar seems to be what keeps my body feeling good, plus I'm committed to strength work every day to keep things getting stronger.
Until this AM, I was super worried about being able to keep to my HM plan and was thinking about bumping it the spring. Today I'm refreshingly committed to completing the HM in December.
BONUS: My new shoes will be here by the end of the week AND I racked up enough gift cards for my birthday that I was able to order the Garmin Vivoactive 3 this morning to replace my dead Samsung Gear Fit 2. I gave Samsung every opportunity to be good stewards of their products, and they failed on every account. Not only will I not purchase any more Samsung products, I get the pleasure of telling my wide circle of running and technology friends to stay far away.
New shoes. New watch. New attitude.11 -
@Elise4270 that is one useful kitty!
@fitoverfortymom your post was so positive and excited that I want to skip out on work and go run right now. Way to go!3 -
Nov. 6 - 4.5km Note to self... Check weather report before leaving the house... Started out as a cool drizzle, perfectly acceptable tee shirt and shorts weather... turned into snow half way through and dropped a couple degrees. Brrr
MTD - 15.8km/80km2 -
@Elise4270 that is one useful kitty!
She's caught twice her weight in rats. Best babe-its nuggums ever, if you don't mind post rat "play" snuggles... I just gotta keep her wormed and maybe baby wiped... 
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I racked up enough gift cards for my birthday that I was able to order the Garmin Vivoactive 3 this morning to replace my dead Samsung Gear Fit 2. I gave Samsung every opportunity to be good stewards of their products, and they failed on every account. Not only will I not purchase any more Samsung products, I get the pleasure of telling my wide circle of running and technology friends to stay far away.
New shoes. New watch. New attitude.
There was a time when I liked Samsung products. I would have happily suggested them... but over the past few years, I have not been impressed with the news about exploding washing machines and so on. Yours is just one more story in that lineup. Wonder what happened over there?
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11/6 - Rest day. I'm so excited to have earned a rest day vs just it being a skipped day
I ran 9 miles in 3 days which is almost half of what I ran all last month. LOL I started in September with 1 mile, worked up to mostly 2 milers, and now I decided on only 3 milers for November. Don't want to overdo it so I'm not sure when I'll try a 4 mile (or 3.5).......
@shanaber I haven't specifically used "toes pose" for PF but I have stretched my feet like that without knowing a name for it I get a flare up of the PF every time I wear flat shoes so I've generally avoided wearing them for every day shoes. But I have several pair of lower drop running shoes I want to wear and I think I can work my way through it gradually. Maybe if I get used to it I won't get the PF when I try to wear flat shoes. Ha. 1 -
Didn't have time to post this weekend ... or catch up!
Saturday was the NYC 5K - the day before the marathon. My daughter and I ran it ... she was just going slow and I decided to try to go for a PR. Got it! It was such a fun run!. Only thing that is annoying is that Garmin went CRAZY! At mile 1.5 it told me I had gone 2 miles and it said I had a 6 min mile. Ummmmm no!
I ended up with 28:10 according to the chip. https://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NYRR-DASH-2017#/tracker/RBWF5SEK
I'll go with that. Garmin thinks I went 4. I guess I need to delete it from Strava because now it thinks I broke all these amazing records which I didn't. I realized I could delete it, export it from Endomondo (which was accurate) and then import into Strava.
I saw exactly what went wrong when I looked at Strava later (see picture). There is a little triangle that I didn't run and there is the extra mileage.
Anyway, it was really fun to run that with all the fans yelling!
The next day, watching daughter run the marathon was even more exciting! Her boyfriend and I got to mile 9 early to wait for her and we got to see the leaders go by!!! That was so cool. Saw the men first and then Shalene Flanagan with a group of guys - I think it was the 3rd group. Then some women would start trickling by. It seemed like those first people weren't even sweating, lol. I was so excited and screaming I didn't get pictures of Meb and the other leaders.
Saw Kevin Hart. My high school students wanted a picture of him running by and I got one! I had a "bet" with them that my daughter would beat his time. Nope -- she got 4:33 and was going for 4:15. But she was still happy with how she did. He got 4:05 I think. No, I don't actually bet with students. Just a fun little talking thing.
One of the most inspiring things was how many disabled people were running ... blind, missing limbs, or in wheelchairs. So amazing. And the crowds and cheering. Gosh, getting teary-eyed just remembering it. Got to love the New Yorkers... their cheering and enthusiasm was so great. A lot of people had their names on their shirts (including my daughter) and everyone would scream their names as they went by. My throat is sore today!
If I wasn't so into cycling, I would be very tempted to try to run that marathon. But I just don't have the hours to train for it with my cycling. I did enter the lottery for it... so if by some fluke I get in, it may be a sign.
I'm here in NYC one more day, going to a College Board class tomorrow. Enjoying running in these temps!
11/1 - 4 miles
11/2 - Strength training - tabatas - push ups/pull ups/sit ups and wall squats
11/3 - rest day and fly to NY!
11/4 - 4.5 (5K and then a run from daughter’s apt to my hotel)
11/5 - 5.0 Astoria run
11/6 - 5.0 Astoria run #2
I/ITSEC 5K in Orlando - 11/29
Daytona Beach HM - 2/4/19
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@Elise4270 that is one useful kitty!
She's caught twice her weight in rats. Best babe-its nuggums ever, if you don't mind post rat "play" snuggles... I just gotta keep her wormed and maybe baby wiped...
I used to have a black and white kitty who was an excellent mouser! She brought us gifts and was an excellent hunter!2 -
@ddmom0811 with RunKeeper I can delete GPS points that were read in error like that. Can you do that in Garmin? Or Strava? I never tried yet. If you could you should be able to just delete the triangle and then have accurate data.0
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@ddmom0811 congrats on your 5k PR! That's great! GPS probably got screwed up with tall buildings, I had that happen to me in Boston where I had an incredible time on a mile and later looked at the map of my run and it was totally off of the route I actually took in a couple of areas. Oh well. Congrats to your daughter on the NYC marathon! That must have been very exciting. Enjoy your day in NYC.
Thank you for the additional birthday wishes. I haven't done much celebrating of my birthday in a few years so it was a fun weekend to actually celebrate and acknowledge. Now back to reality.
I love seeing and hearing about the various fur babies. I always wanted guinea pigs, they seem like the most fun rodent. But really I'd like a cat if it weren't for the litter box upkeep. I vowed not to get more than 1 kind of pet at a time unless there was more than 1 person to help, and well - it's just me and the dog for now.
More rain today, it's getting so old. I am planning on run group tonight unless it's awful.1 -
@LC0924 That's awesome. I hope you had a great run!1
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@Elise4270 @fitoverfortymom There must be something about black and white kittys. My sister's boyfriend had a huge B&W guy and he would catch anything. And by 'anything', I don't just mean rats, mice, pigeons and rabbits. He also caught the neighbour's ornamental pheasants and most of the doves from their dovecote. He was the feline Terminator.1
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PastorVincent wrote: »@ddmom0811 with RunKeeper I can delete GPS points that were read in error like that. Can you do that in Garmin? Or Strava? I never tried yet. If you could you should be able to just delete the triangle and then have accurate data.
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This is how wonky my GPS was this morning.
The red X is where I actually started. It did seem to right itself during mile 2 (but mile 2 isn't actually mile 2 of what I ran, it's closer to 1.5).
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Hi everybody! I'm finally able to hop on line and give my HM race report!
I was worried about my shins on Wednesday and Thursday, there was some pain. I hoped there was no shin splints creeping up on me. I took Thursday as a rest day and instead of running the easy mile I'd planned for Friday, I rested then, too.
I woke up to rain Saturday morning and tried not to panic. The rain eventually went away and left a thick blanket of fog. I pulled on the clothes I'd laid out the night before and hoped for the best. My shins felt fine. I didn't use the KT tape I'd bought in a panic.
The sun was out and the clouds were about gone when we pulled into town. We parked about 1/2 a mile away from the starting line, thinking that the area would be too full of cars already. The walk was a good warm up, though, and things were fine. I was jittery and excited. Kept having to remind myself that everything was fine. I could do it!
I lined up toward the back and the race was on. I caught up with and ran with three random folks for a while, but eventually passed them. Mile 5 and I had to use the nice blue box. The attendant said I needed a medal for the fastest pit stop.
I caught up and passed several folks I'd passed before.
I was relieved that the inclines weren't steeper than what I'd practiced on. My shins were fine. My pace stayed on track and I crossed the finish line at 2:41:24 with the announcer, family, and friends yelling "Happy Birthday!" I rang the PR gong because I finished my first HM ever. My best time!
What a great way to turn 50!
(and the guilt free lunch and birthday cheesecake were great, too!!!)
I took Sunday and today to rest. I'll get back to running again tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I'm wearing my race bling at the office. If I knew how to post pics here, I'd do it. Otherwise, you can peek at my Facebook page for pics and video. 20 -
Shooting for 70 this month.
11/2: 6.35 1:00:04
11/5 13.1 2:07:16 (Veterans Half) Garmin time, still waiting on the "official" non-chip time.2 -
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Out of town last week so I missed 18 pages so I'm going to try and be all fancy by having this thread up on two screens so I can actually respond to a few folks as I see things.
Frist, welcome to all the newbies!
@eponine1984, congrats on finishing c25k and running a 5k! Great milestone. And, what a little cutie you have!
@WandaVaughn, had to laugh at your husband's comment about the Rocket City marathon. I keep telling people who ask if I'll be doing for a full and I keep saying the half will be the length of run I stay at, but then I've said that for the 5k and the 10k. Time shall tell.
@skippygirlsmom, so sorry to hear about Skip's ordeal. How disappointing that must have been. Well, now to add on to that - sorry about the car accident, too! Glad she's ok on both counts. And, cool idea for the shirts.
Cute guinea pig pics! We used to have a chinchilla and are considering getting another soon. My husband is in HVAC and he worked on a woman's house who does chinchilla rescue so now he wants on again. Every time I see them I think of the little girl in Despicable Me - SO FLUFFY!! Never had gerbils but had lots of mice. My sister had hamsters. They're all so cute and entertaining.
@ddmom0811, congrats on the PR! And to your daughter for the marathon. Cool pic, too!
@WandaVaughn, I was thinking about you on Saturday! Congratulations!!!
And, there were 13 posts since I started reading everything I missed.
All you guys who run in cold weather are amazing. I live in San Jose, CA so if it gets below 40 I think I'm going to die. LOL.
I don't have a November goal yet but have around 8 in so far. Won't run much this week in anticipation of Sunday's HM.2
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