December 2017 Running Challenge
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In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year15
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Missed my November goal of staying healthy, and don't even have the excuse of running a race too hard for it. I'll start December with 3 rest days in a row. I have one race scheduled in December, and the next one is January 1. But then it will be Boston training season. Life and running are not working out as I'd like them to right now.
So, with all that in mind . . .
Nominal mileage goal for December: 80 miles, to put me at running the year in miles for the first time.
Real goals: Get healthy. Run 8K cross country on December 9 at Club Nationals. We don't need no steenkin' speed goal, just finish the race.6 -
PastorVincent wrote: »@PastorVincent thank goodness for Google and its conversion tools...
I originally thought "Oh this time I will do millimeters" but then I realized the silly metric system actually makes sense so it will not look anywhere near as complicated.
You could do angstroms?2 -
So in Sept I started with 1 mile runs and between then and end of Oct I worked my way to running 2 miles and occasionally 3. In Nov I decided to only run no less than 3 milers. I only once had to cut off at 2 due to an "emergency". A couple times I bumped up to 3.5 miles. I still basically never run a full mile without some type of break, even just .05 walking, but usually I'm running like 2.5 of 3 miles if you take out the walking breaks. I average anywhere from 11-12:30 pace with the walking breaks and I think for now I'm fine with that. Maybe one day I'll run again without breaks but I dunno. Anyway, plan for Dec is to start trying a few 4 mile runs. Haven't run 4 miles since April. At which time 4 miles was not a long run but it will be my long run for this Dec :-p I think for now I'd rather increase overall endurance than worry about a few little walk breaks. I'm sure if I lost weight it would help.9
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I haven't made a goal in 4 months and I don't anticipate making December's! Although the pool is bound to open at some point in time, and I can get more cardio. The skate rink had adult night on Sundays. That'd be awesome if I weren't gimpy.
So... 43 miles. 692000000000000 angstroms
Thanks Stan!7 -
PastorVincent wrote: »@PastorVincent thank goodness for Google and its conversion tools...
I originally thought "Oh this time I will do millimeters" but then I realized the silly metric system actually makes sense so it will not look anywhere near as complicated.
You could do angstroms?
Till just metric system, so same problem as millimeters... just more 0s.
Well no biggie.. C8 miles will work too
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The training plan says 189 miles and I would like to get this but...foot health comes first so we will see what happens there. For now I will say 189 miles and not break (more?).4
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Looking at a December goal of 140 (~4.5/Day Avg) with a stretch of 170 (~5.5/Day Avg).
Have a minimum of 31 miles for the Holiday Run Streak started on Thanksgiving, plus I am doubling down with another 78 Mile commitment for the "12 days of x-mas challenge" running 1, 2, 3....10, 11, 12 for each day over a period of 18 days to insure rest, etc....so I will have a min of 96 miles in 18 days which is an avg of just above 5 miles a day. I currently have no real training plan that I am following, which likely will start in January and fingers crossed that on 12/12 my lottery registration of the Chicago marathon is chosen. Finally, this week, I did sign up a for the F^3 Lake Half Marathon in Chicago on Jan 20th, 2018 which could be a story to tell given some past winters here.4 -
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31 miles and more consistency are the goals for December.6
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I am in!!!! Totally excited about this!5
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JessicaMcB wrote: »In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year
There ya go, making me feel inadequate again0 -
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I think I actually ran twice in November.
I’d best set a target in furlongs. Then I can a) pretend to be a racehorse and b) it sounds better7 -
It's the first of December here in Australia, and my back just pinged when I was leaning over to look in a shelf. Bugger. Could be a painful week or more.
No mileage goal again, though I was happy with my November 188 km.
Goal: Do a run that's 30 km.7 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year
There ya go, making me feel inadequate again
Pssssh you know you're training smart and at least your trainer didn't fire you . Low key stressed out about figuring that out before Christmas0 -
December goal is 60km... I'm thinking with the holidays and the cold weather we're going to see at some point I'll make a conservative goal and maybe blow it out of the water if the weather cooperates.3
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Last month I set my goal as miles of walking plus running. This month I'm going to try to keep track of how much actual running I do. My husband and I have been running three days a week and strength training three days a week, with one day of rest, and it's just too much, so we are planning to do three days running and two strength, then two days rest, alternating with two days running and three strength, then two rest, so our total runs will be fewer. I definitely need two days of rest in a row, so I get at least one day when nothing hurts!
Making allowances for the weather, holidays, and how much we run, I'm going to say 50k (31 miles).
St Jude 5k coming up Dec. 28 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year
There ya go, making me feel inadequate again
Pssssh you know you're training smart and at least your trainer didn't fire you . Low key stressed out about figuring that out before Christmas
Lol.... trainer fired you..... you were overqualified1 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »In for 626k to get to 5000 on the year
There ya go, making me feel inadequate again
Pssssh you know you're training smart and at least your trainer didn't fire you . Low key stressed out about figuring that out before Christmas
Lol.... trainer fired you..... you were overqualified
She outran him by 3,000k4
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