November 2017 Running Challenge

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  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Great job everyone who raced today!
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    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
    11/7 – 6 miles
    11/8 - 0 miles
    11/9 – 5 miles
    11/10 – 6 miles
    11/11 - 0 miles state XC meet
    11/12 - 4 miles
    11/13 - 0 miles
    11/14 - 7 miles
    11/15 - 5 miles
    11/16 – 0 miles
    11/17 – 0 miles
    11/18 – 6 miles

    60 of 100 miles

    Ran today with my friend we are about the same pace so it was nice. She ran 4 and I did an additional 2.

    I’d appreciate if you all could keep a good thought for me. After 30 years working for the same company my boss came in at 3:30 on Friday and informed me that because I make “so much” money and my time isn’t billed directly back to a project I’m going to lose my job. She thinks I have until February. Thank you very much 30 years and you all F me. Hello I make what I do because I work hard and have been here for 30 freaking years, what do you expect me to make $30,000 year. I talked to someone I do quite a bit of work for there and she has a direct project I can charge some time to, but I’m not sure how much I need before the company will back off. Meanwhile I’m already sending out my resume and the company my friend works for has wanted me in the past so hopefully they still will. The only downfall is losing 20 days of vacation to move on. Not the best news for a single mom with a kid getting ready for college to hear.

    @cameronheel fantastic HM!!
    @JessicaMcB I completely HATE snow, but your pictures are so pretty
    Awesome @BruinsGal_91
    Great run @MobyCarp
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Big hug to you and I'm so sorry. You will be in my prayers <3

    @orphia Perhaps your body has adapted and isn't burning as many calories. You could try cutting 500 calories per week and see what happens.

    11/18 - .85 mile walk, 3.5 mi run,.65 mile walk

  • cameronheel
    cameronheel Posts: 191 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Geez, hate to hear that about your job. Hope everything works the out the best for you. Higher management just doesn’t make rational decisions sometimes.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    @skippygirlsmom - I'm so sorry about your job. That was my biggest fear for the last 15 years or so of my career, that one day I would be told my services were no longer required. It seems to be normal in American business now, and that's something I don't particularly like about the American business culture.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Oh crap, @skippygirlsmom ! I hope you find somewhere that appreciates you.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Awful. I hope its one of those things that turns out for the best, more money, better work, and benefits down the road. Sorry that sounds like such a cliche. But really hope it opens doors where you are better off. And f them.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I just ordered "Relentless Forward Progress" (guide to running ultra-marathons)...

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1891369903?tag=viglink20329-20
  • SusanDSME
    SusanDSME Posts: 194 Member
    Can't find my last post right now, so it's just today...
    11/18 - 1.15 mi on the treadmill in my hotel... rest of day spent in the car. I'll run tomorrow!
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Been through the " Layoff Nightmare " twice. The initial shock is the kicker, give yourself time to re-evaluate before making quick decisions.
    Some times management needs a refresher on all the projects and activities that us mere mortals are doing because it's usually not really covered in the yearly employee reviews.

    9.6 km slog through the fresh - loose - unstable snow. It was like running on a beach above the tide line where the sand gets chewed up by all the people walking on it. My body is still fighting me after the 7 hills challenge last month. As one of my running club friends said we did the equivalent of a marathon effort when you add in the hills so expect a extended recovery period. First run in a full week so way below goal estimates. No chance of meeting goal unless I rip off a few @JessicaMcB 50km dash's.

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    11/04 6.2 km – 143.8 km - MTD 006.2 km
    11/08 5.0 km – 138.8 km - MTD 011.2 km
    11/09 5.0 km – 133.8 km - MTD 016.2 km
    11/12 10.0 km – 123.8 km - MTD 026.2 km
    11/18 9.6 km – 114.2 km - MTD 035.8 km – YTD 1237.27 km
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    @lporter229 Plyometrics are probably a great idea! I've got no recommendations yet, but I started looking for a good training program or workout too this week. For a different reason - I went indoor bouldering, and one of my friends was doing a route where the next handhold was so high you had to jump. He could do it easily, I came at least 30cm short. Granted, he's taller than me, but not *that* much taller. Something to work on!
    I'm just worried that the poor people living in the apartment under mine won't think this is such a great idea...

    @seanevan10 Wow! When is the date for your triathlon?

    @Orphia If you are worried about your weight and not sure if it's muscle: what about your measurements? Or if you don't track those, do your clothes still fit? I have a pair of "a-tiny-bit-too-tight" jeans - when they start being "really-too-tight" jeans, I know it's time to eat less chocolate for a while until they fit again. :wink:
    Great Sunday morning run!

    @cameronheel Congratulations, what a brilliant race result!!

    @fitoverfortymom Great result on the 10k!

    @BruinsGal_91 Congratulations on the new PR!

    @JessicaMcB Love your icy forest photos :heart:

    @HonuNui What a lovely beach! Sounds like you had a wonderful day.

    @Skippygirlsmom oh no, what a shock! I can't believe that they would do that after you are already in the company for so long! Even if a new employee might earn less, don't they realise how hard it will be to find somebody with the same level of knowledge and experience? That seems so short-sighted and stupid. I really hope all works out well for you!


  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
    @hjeppley Great race!!

    --

    To weight in belated on the clothing/temperature discussion: it was around 4°C (~40F), and I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, a (super-light) jacket and shorts for my long run. But only because the shorts were new and I wanted to try them out right away.
    Usually it would habe been too cold for my taste to run in shorts, but I found some knitted legwarmers that went from my ankles almost to my knees, and the outfit was complete. I was planning to spend most of the time in the forest, so I didn't worry too much about being pulled over by the fashion police. :tongue:

    I also took my lightest pair of gloves, but it was that in-between temperature where I kept taking them off / pulling them on in 10 minute intervals.
    Fortunately I was wearing them when I tripped over a rock and fell, so only my knees have bloody scratches now. I don't think I would have overlooked that rock under most circumstances, but I was distracted staring up at this:

     kajqxo0oyzkw.jpg


    A solar-powered garbage can. That someone pulled up into a tree and secured the chains with two padlocks.
    I have no idea what it is good for. The largest animals we have are boar, you don't need to secure garbage cans against them like with bears. And there were no houses around.
    Maybe for hunters, or environmental monitoring? Any other guesses?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @hjeppley Congrats on your race! Well done!

    @_nikkiwolf_ I have no idea, but looks like there is a spout on the bottom, so maybe a feeder?
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    @skippygirlsmom ACK! So sorry to hear this. I think you are being wise starting to look for a new job now and not waiting to see what happens. Hopefully, you can spin this into a good thing with a better job someplace.
  • MobyCarp
    MobyCarp Posts: 2,927 Member
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @hjeppley Great race!!

    --

    To weight in belated on the clothing/temperature discussion: it was around 4°C (~40F), and I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, a (super-light) jacket and shorts for my long run. But only because the shorts were new and I wanted to try them out right away.
    Usually it would habe been too cold for my taste to run in shorts, but I found some knitted legwarmers that went from my ankles almost to my knees, and the outfit was complete. I was planning to spend most of the time in the forest, so I didn't worry too much about being pulled over by the fashion police. :tongue:

    I also took my lightest pair of gloves, but it was that in-between temperature where I kept taking them off / pulling them on in 10 minute intervals.
    Fortunately I was wearing them when I tripped over a rock and fell, so only my knees have bloody scratches now. I don't think I would have overlooked that rock under most circumstances, but I was distracted staring up at this:

     kajqxo0oyzkw.jpg


    A solar-powered garbage can. That someone pulled up into a tree and secured the chains with two padlocks.
    I have no idea what it is good for. The largest animals we have are boar, you don't need to secure garbage cans against them like with bears. And there were no houses around.
    Maybe for hunters, or environmental monitoring? Any other guesses?

    It looks like it's designed to dispense something. I'd say it looks like a bird feeder, except who builds one that big? Salt for deer or cattle? I don't know.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    @skippygirlsmom so sorry to hear about your job woes. We went through the same thing with my husband. He'd worked for the company for 30 years and got laid off. All that valuable knowledge and experience gone, just to save a few bucks. As @cameronheel and @mobycarp said, management sometimes make really dumb decisions. Fingers crossed you can get things sorted out.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    @skippygirlsmom - I'm so sorry to hear about your job. Hoping for the best for you in working this out or getting a new job. I'm sorry, that is so very stressful.

    Great race @hjeppley! Congrats to you and your son. Love the fork medal :)

    Interesting "thing" @_nikkiwolf_ . No ideas on what that might be, but I agree it looks to dispense something. Sorry about the scraped knees. You should have posted a pic of your legwarmer outfit - sounds awesome!
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited November 2017
    MobyCarp wrote: »
    _nikkiwolf_ wrote: »
    @hjeppley Great race!!

    --

    To weight in belated on the clothing/temperature discussion: it was around 4°C (~40F), and I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, a (super-light) jacket and shorts for my long run. But only because the shorts were new and I wanted to try them out right away.
    Usually it would habe been too cold for my taste to run in shorts, but I found some knitted legwarmers that went from my ankles almost to my knees, and the outfit was complete. I was planning to spend most of the time in the forest, so I didn't worry too much about being pulled over by the fashion police. :tongue:

    I also took my lightest pair of gloves, but it was that in-between temperature where I kept taking them off / pulling them on in 10 minute intervals.
    Fortunately I was wearing them when I tripped over a rock and fell, so only my knees have bloody scratches now. I don't think I would have overlooked that rock under most circumstances, but I was distracted staring up at this:

     kajqxo0oyzkw.jpg


    A solar-powered garbage can. That someone pulled up into a tree and secured the chains with two padlocks.
    I have no idea what it is good for. The largest animals we have are boar, you don't need to secure garbage cans against them like with bears. And there were no houses around.
    Maybe for hunters, or environmental monitoring? Any other guesses?

    It looks like it's designed to dispense something. I'd say it looks like a bird feeder, except who builds one that big? Salt for deer or cattle? I don't know.

    Looks like a deer feeder... You feed them then they are use to eatting there, and you come back during hunting season and shoot them. Y'all city folk... Hahaha.

    ETA ever hear Ron Whites account of getting a deer? With his van? Hahaha!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    katharmonic wrote: »
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    Confession: I am forevermore confusing @katharmonic and @ddmom0811 :/ And I just realized you are both posed the same in your profile pics and both wearing red. Somebody needs to change their pic and help me out :D

    LOL. We do have similar poses going on in our profile pics. I'll work on that for you. :)

    Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
    11/01/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
    11/02/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 2.7
    11/03/17 :::: 4.3 :::: 7.0
    11/04/17 :::: 7.6 :::: 14.6
    11/05/17 :::: 3.2 :::: 17.7
    11/06/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 20.7
    11/07/17 :::: 3.5 :::: 24.3
    11/08/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.3
    11/09/17 :::: 3.0 :::: 27.3
    11/10/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 27.3
    11/11/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 27.3
    11/12/17 :::: 13.2 :::: 40.5
    11/13/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.5
    11/14/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 40.5
    11/15/17 :::: 2.5 :::: 43.0
    11/16/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 45.6

    A rare weekday morning run for me, but the weather is so nice I wanted to take advantage and get a short run in outside.

    And the real reason I ran this morning is I am so lazy about not wanting to shower multiple times - I really needed to shower and wash my hair this morning and thought I might as well run first, because if I put off the run until later I don't want to shower again. I used to wash my hair every single day regardless and now I try to get away with as few as possible times per week.

    Haha I’m the same way. I feel like I’m wasting a shower if I don’t get a sweaty run in first!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    @skippygirlsmom sorry to hear about your job- that totally sucks! I hope you find something quickly. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they change their minds when you actually go to leave.

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    October goal: Not chicken out and Register for Zumbro. Start training for Zumbro and figure out real mileage
    Nominal Mileage goal: 100 miles???

    11/1- REST
    11/2- 3.1+ 20 minutes shoveling
    11/3- REST
    11/4- 7.8
    11/5- 4
    11/6- REST
    11/7- 5.8
    11/8- 4.1
    11/9- REST
    11/10- 4.1
    11/11- 6.6
    11/12- 6.3
    11/13 REST
    11/14- 3.3
    11/15- 4.2
    11/16- REST
    11/17- 4.4
    11/18- 7.3
    11/19- 7.2

    Total: 68.2

    Today's notes- Today's assignment was 1:45:00 at easy pace. it was a nice 6F (-14C), with a light wind I met up with my buddy Andy, which meant that doing true easy wasn't really going to happen but, well, that's OK. We hit the ridge to hit the snowshoe and XC trails, avoiding where the snow machines were blowing. We really only ran on the XC trail for a small section... we both thought that repeating the short snowshoe trail was more entertaining than hitting different territory on the "boring" XC trail.

    Got in 7.2 miles in during the run, which is only like 0.8 mire miles than last time, despite being 15 minutes longer.... ugh.... I was 0:30 slower per mile...... My legs were really feeling it on the last uphill, I think the 400m repeats from yesterday took more out of me than I appreciated initially...

    ..... Then I looked at elevation. By adding that 0.8 miles, I added 623 feet of elevation.... slightly different route this time, it would appear... That might have had something to do with the slower pace.....

    Anyway, tomorrow is a rest day, and after my Fri/Sat/Sun of Trail/Speed/Trail, I'm looking forward to the recovery.

    Have a Runderful day everyone!

    2017 Races Scheduled
    6/16- William A Irvin 5k
    6/17- Grandma's Marathon 4:24:06
    7/15- Eugene Curnow Trail Marathon 7:22:23
    8/12- UMTR FatAss "Not Quite" 50k DNF, too darn hot out
    8/19- Rampage at the Ridge 5k OCR
    9/23- Ely Marathon 6:24:36
    10/21 Wild Duluth 100k 18:15:51
    11/23- TBD 5k Turkey Trot???

    2018 races
    4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
    5/19- Superior Trail 25k (Lottery)
    7/8- Afton 50k???
    9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile (Lottery)
    10/xx Wild Duluth 50k? 100k?

    http://teachertrailrunner.blogspot.com/
  • cameronheel
    cameronheel Posts: 191 Member
    Nov Goal 100
    Nov 1.........5 m........ MTD 5
    Nov 2.........0............ MTD 5
    Nov 3.........5............ MTD 10
    Nov 4.........13...........MTD 23
    Nov 5.........16...........MTD 39
    Nov 6.........0.............MTD 39
    Nov 7.........5.............MTD 44
    Nov 8.........3.............MTD 47
    Nov 9.........4.............MTD 51
    Nov 10.......0.............MTD 51
    Nov 11.......10...........MTD 61
    Nov 12.......7............,MTD 68
    Nov 13.......4.............MTD 72
    Nov 14.......4.......,.,,.,MTD 76
    Nov 15.......0.............MTD 76
    Nov 16.......2.............MTD 78
    Nov 17.......2.............MTD 80
    Nov 18.......13...........MTD 93
    Nov 19.......5.............MTD 98

    Will be taking my daughter Ashleigh in to get her properly fitted for some shoes today as it looks like she is going to stick with the C25K program and run a 5K with me in January or February. Looks like I’ve converted another person over to the joys of running.

    Great race @hjeppley. I am really looking forward to running a race with my daughter, as you did with your son. That is a cool medal.

    I went ahead and took the plunge and signed up for The All American Marathon in March at Ft Bragg, so after Christmas I am going to start training for that. I plan on picking up at least one 5K run and hopefully a 10K before I start Marathon training.

    Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @cameronheel sounds like you are a good influence on your daughter. That's great! Congrats on taking the plunge on a full, you're primed for it, so training should be "easy." Sounds like you have a good plan for the coming months!
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    @skippygirlsmom sorry to hear about your job. At least they gave you a lot of notice. There is hope it will turn out. You obviously have marketable skills, the issue is the financial. cutthroats like those who hang feeders to shoot deer want to make every buck they can. They care little about providing a reasonable income to someone whose earned it. By the way @girlinahat those same people golf, when your told to be careful on the golf course most golfers will watch out for you but others will aim for you. Fortunately most couldn't hit you if they tried, unfortunately some trying not to hit you may hit a bad shot, be especially careful in the woods where golfers don't see you.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    I'm so sorry about your lay off @skippygirlsmom :( . We've been there more than once where the oilfield is mercurial at best. Thinking good thoughts for you and Skip <3

    November 1- 18+8
    November 2- 22
    November 3- 20
    November 4- 42
    November 5- 20
    November 6- 18
    November 7- 18
    November 8- 19
    November 9- 18
    November 10- 28+6
    November 11- 38
    November 12- 20
    November 13- Off
    November 14- 19
    November 15- 19
    November 16- 24
    November 17- 25
    November 18- 52
    November 19- 23

    457/500km

    2018 Races
    *Gord's Frozen A** 50K, February 19
    *JAJA Trail Marathon, April 1
    *Red Deer Marathon, May 20
    *Cactus Coulee Crawl 30km, TBA June
    *Eddie's Half Marathon, TBA June
    *Run in the Buff 120km TBA August
    *Lost Souls 100 Mile September 7

  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @skippygirlsmom I'm sorry to hear about your layoff! You're doing great being proactive!
  • weat0043
    weat0043 Posts: 172 Member
    edited November 2017
    Nov. 19 - 4.35km. First snow filled run of the season. The sidewalks and roads were in pretty good shape, a couple of places had lots of snow where the plow went by but for my first snowy run it wasn't too bad. Will probably (definitely) do it again.
    MTD - 46.2km/80km
  • kevaasen
    kevaasen Posts: 173 Member
    Update on my November goal of 130 with a stretch of 150

    Week 1: 35.9
    Week 2: 44.4
    Week 3: 37.0 (117.3 total )

    Running a Turkey trot HM this upcoming Saturday.

    Congrats to all that ran races this weekend and best wishes to those that are going through challenges with injuries and/or the curveballs that are thrown at us from time to time that alter our journeys in life. Hoping that everyone have a safe and happy thanksgiving (US region) or a normal Thursday for everyone else!!

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