January 2018 Running Challenge

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  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    @Elise4270

    What are your goals for this next year?
    Major goal - run an off-road Marathon June 23rd
    Minor goals - get back on my bike and do at least one 50 mile 2 day cycle
    get back into dancing - both Shag and Lindy
    Do at least one activity-related break away from home

    Kx365 - I am signed up for this challenge, a minimum of 1km per day, with a total goal (as this is my registration number from last year) of 1150 miles covered however possible.

    Where do you want to be a year from now?
    Have lost the last 20lbs OR fit into a size down in clothing.
    I'd like to eat more plant-based and expand my diet away from meat
    Have rationalised my alcohol consumption so just the one or two drinks doesn't become three or four of an evening.

    How do you see your training evolving?
    My focus will be on regular Crossfit twice a week, and starting marathon training in February.
    Following the marathon I want to get back into open-water swimming, but I can't do it all.

    January stats

    1/1 4.6 mile walk around an estuary/decommissioned nuclear power station with friends - less muddy than the NYE walk I did but not by much!!!

    notes -

    just been skimming through the TEN pages already filled in....TEN!!!!

    cold fingers - I get Reynauds, but I am finding that if I keep my WRISTS warm, this helps with my fingers
    @eponine1984 congratulations!!!

    pain - I was reading about pain and injuries. Pain is fine (reasonable pain) during and after a run. Pain the following morning is NOT good.

    Races -
    24th Feb - Night Run 10k ????
    10th March - Larmer 10 (miles)
    18th March - Forest of Dean Spring Half Marathon
    5th May - Brecon Beacons Trail HM ??????
    12th May - The OX HM ??????
    23rd June - Giant's Head Marathon
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    edited January 2018
    Happy New Year to all my fellow runners!

    November and December were a bit of a wash-out for me running wise. But I'm raring to go in 2018. My goals are:

    1. to run at least one road race a month (I did this last year and it was a whole lot of fun). I'm already registered for races in January (10k), February (5k) and May (HM).

    2. Run a total of 1,000 miles in 2018.

    3. Run two half-marathons.

    4. Get new PBs (this could be tricky; I got new PBs in 5k, 10k, and HM last year but I think I'm getting to the age where I start slowing down rather than speeding up).

    5. Place in my age-group - again I had a stellar year last year and got a top 3 age-group finish eight times (I've been running for about 12 years and up until last year, I had never come anywhere close to placing.)

    Today's temperature was 3 deg F when I left the house this morning. Yeah, damn right tonight's run will be on the treadmill.
  • springtimez
    springtimez Posts: 51 Member
    A new Year and New Beginnings!... In for 40 miles.
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    edited January 2018
    hjeppley wrote: »
    Finished out the last two days of 2017 with an epic 15 miler (for me, anyway) through the snow and over a mountain, followed by a longer than expected 6.8 mi run the next morning.
    @hjeppley Those pictures and elevation profile looked challenging and fun. Awesome way to end 2017.
    That's a very impressive 2018 Event List you have built up.
    @skippygirlsmom I agree that the full moon makes for a fantastic night run experience, no need for a headlamp. Ironically this is prime season for bathing suit sales here in the Frozen North, all those people escaping to Mexico/Cuba/Dominican for some sun and surf. US based chains don't understand that concept as they base there data on national averages not regional. It's also the start of BBQ replacement season as the older BBQ's start to fail in the cold temps.
    @MizCrys323 Welcome to the running gang, lots of support, encouragement and understanding from this group as we have " Been There Done That " so we understand the challenges and accomplishments.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    So, I was Emailing back and forth with my coach over the weekend, about goals for 2018. With my race goal, I was asking him what I should put in for the 4th race for me. He says the MN Voyageur 50. Ugh, I have a love/hate relationship with this idea and the course.

    It's basically doing my first trail marathon twice. It's late July, so it can get pretty hot, for Minnesota (like 85F/29C) and last year it was really rough just running the second half last year.

    However, it was also Scott Jurek's first ultra and it's only an hour and a half from home. plus, despite being a killer course, it's actually really beautiful. It's a 14 hour cut off so I'd have to be scooting pretty fast, but I think I would be more prepared this time, since I won't be running another race 4 weeks prior. A lot to think about. Coach has 2 first place finishes at Voyageur, plus second place last year, so he does know the course... Like I said, a lot to think about.
  • bossymom15
    bossymom15 Posts: 130 Member
    Well, fell short In Dec by 10 miles. Just too darn cold and dark! I don't have access to a treadmill right now (loathe them anyway) but I do have an elliptical I can use, so I may have to count that. I've gathered some cold weather running gear, but It has to get past 10 degrees before I'm trying it out!

    January goal - 35 miles

    Bossymom15
  • jacqueline0821
    jacqueline0821 Posts: 667 Member
    Goal for January is 30 miles.
    Total: 1 mile
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    RespectTheKitty wrote: »
    Woke up this morning to -9 degrees F out there. Welcome to Chiberia! I did see a woman out running on my way to work. Again, that's just not my cup of tea so I'll be huffing it on the mill again later today. I've been incorporating more incline work into my TM runs to get my heart rate up a bit more. That's actually pretty fun.

    Only problem with TM runs is I don't get to see any moose. Wait, I live near Chicago. There are no moose here. Maybe I should get a toy moose and stick it on the TM so I can say I saw a moose while running.

    There are YouTube channels that show FPV movies of like train rides and the like. You could find one of them in Moose Country and watch that while you dreadmill it.
  • ceciliaslater
    ceciliaslater Posts: 457 Member
    Setting my goal at 60 for this month. I finished December at 53.1 miles, thanks to a cold and several consecutive unplanned rest days to finish out the month. 60 miles should be very doable for me. I plan to increase my distance per run some this month (instead of doing 5K each run). Just taking it nice and easy!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    eponine1984 wrote: »
    First day of half marathon training - 3 miles on the treadmill. I'm taking it easy with 15-minute miles instead of trying to push to 14- or 13:30. Between me and the baby-on-board it averages to 7:30 per mile. The first mile felt awkward but after that I hit my stride and it felt good. A little challenging, but I felt I could do a bit more.

    Jan 2: 3 miles
    Jan total: 3
    Jan goal 30 miles

    Great job getting HM training going! I LOL'ed at the baby on board comment. So awesome!
  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    2017 wrap up

    I finished the year with 1207 miles, just 13 miles more than 2016 and nearly 300 miles less than my goal. The two biggest factors in failing to reach my goal are sailing and injury. I wanted to run 100 miles per month throughout the summer but averaged just 55 miles per month through the sailing season. Weekends spent sailing put a big crimp on my long runs but I'm more than okay with trading running for nautical miles. The other factor I'm not okay with, a calf muscle strain in October and continuing IT band issues starting in late November.

    Enough with the lowlights, on to the highlights:
    • Overall Increase in miles for the year.
    • Several PRs: (Road HM - 1:51:40, Trail HM - 2:08, Trail 10K - 55:51)
    • Kody's first 5K (25:49)
    • First Parkrun
    • First virtual race - AIM at Melanoma 5K (Kody's first race and my first Parkrun)
    • First major trail race - Zumbro 17 Mile, finishing in 3:10, good for 112th out of 425, 10th out of 56 in Grand Master Males
    • First ultramarathon - Chippewa 50K, finishing in 6:23, good for 76th out of 174 overall, 10th out of 32 in my age group

    Here are my runs of 2017:

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    Whoa! How did you make this cool graphic with all of your maps?! That's so neat.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    I've expanded my goal list for the year:

    2018 Goals
    • 1500 total miles
    • 500 trail miles
    • Run every road in town (about 250 miles of running)
    • First 50 Mile race - Zumbro 50, April 14th
    • Three ultramarathons - Psycho WyCo 50K, Zumbro 50M, Superior 50K
    • 5K road PR (currently 23:44)
    • 10K road PR (currently 1:03:42 - beating this is a gimmee. Current PR was set 3 months after I started running)
    • Distance PR of 50 miles (currently 31 miles)
    • Avoid running breaks of 7 days or more
    • Avoid injury


  • carolineb81
    carolineb81 Posts: 459 Member
    edited January 2018
    DAy 2 of RED january, today was strenght training day so just did a couple of mile run on top of that for the running streak.

    1/1 - 4.2
    2.2-6.0

    Total - 6.2 Miles/150 Miles


    Upcoming races:
    25th February - Brighton Half Marathon
    22nd April - London Marathon
    5th May - Mid Sussex Marathon 10 Mile
    6th May - Mid Sussex Marathon 10 Mile
    7th May - Mid Sussex Marathon 10k

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