January 2018 Running Challenge

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    January goal: Keep kicking at Zumbro training
    Nominal mileage goal: Let's say 140? I really don't know. Real plan is to follow training and coach's advice well.

    1/1- REST
    1/2- 8.1
    1/3- 6.4

    Total: 14.5

    Today's notes: As is my usual, Today's assignment was 1 hour easy road run. With -8 temps and slick roads, my HR showed me that I didn't exactly run easy, but it felt good. Got in 6.6 miles and felt good with that. it was a little less than my last couple Wednesday runs, but 0.1 mile isn't really something to quibble about. Pipes burst at school, so I 'm at home today, which meant that part of my run was in the light! This was awesome, and it made the run better, despite the cold.

    In other run news for MNLittleFinn, my 2018 race calendar is now almost complete.
    After a bunch of Emailing with coach yesterday, I registered for the Minnesota Voyageur 50 this morning. This race is a love hate thing for me. The heat and the powerline climbs totally suck, but it is also a local race and it is the race that was Scott Jurek's first ultra and I'm enough of a fanboy for that to make a difference. I ran the second half of the race during the Curnow marathon last year, and it was an awful experience that I loved/hated, so I figure, why not do the whole thing this year???

    Have a Runderful day!

    2018 races and possibilities
    3/28- END-SURE 50k
    4/13- Zumbro Endurance Race 100 Mile
    7/28- Minnesota Voyageur 50 (coach brought up this one)
    9/8- Superior Trail 50 mile (Lottery)
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    edited January 2018
    shanaber wrote: »
    I am done with the UA Map My Run You vs the Year Challenge. Like so many others these are led by people who could not be running the miles they post. I suspect they say they are running and then just charge all activities to it in the hopes of winning the monthly prizes. There is just no way people could be running the amount of miles and hours every day without a break to make the total number of miles they post.

    @shanaber I remember looking at the UA Challenge, my thought was they were Hardcore cyclist's posting their cycle workouts as run's
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Mine almost looks like writing...

    @PastorVincent My Rorschach test of your data - 3 down 1st = Dreadmill - especially since your phone now calls it that way. There were a few that look like dancing Poodles.
    So many of them look like Dangerous Spaghetti Yoga Poses, or Break Dancing.
    It seems that we all have certain routes that are our goto as you can see certain baseline symmetry in so many of the squiggles. One thing that I noticed in mine is the track workouts got mangled into weird looking octagons and that the longer the run the less detail it maintained. Still kinda cool to look at and figure out which run the squiggles represent.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    juliet3455 wrote: »
    @PastorVincent My Rorschach test of your data - 3 down 1st = Dreadmill - especially since your phone now calls it that way. There were a few that look like dancing Poodles.
    So many of them look like Dangerous Spaghetti Yoga Poses, or Break Dancing.
    It seems that we all have certain routes that are our goto as you can see certain baseline symmetry in so many of the squiggles. One thing that I noticed in mine is the track workouts got mangled into weird looking octagons and that the longer the run the less detail it maintained. Still kinda cool to look at and figure out which run the squiggles represent.

    Yeah, I have only really 2 places I run regularly. I vary the routes I take based on how much time I have. One of those 2 has a lot of potential variety (from a couple miles to over 20) the other, not so much. But really out there on the routes, they feel the same.

    Spent to much on Christmas so need to re-evaluate my race and gear plans for the first quarter. Probably have to drop the February race at least. :(
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,141 Member
    Thanks @Orphia . I did finally find the yoga option. It still went over to mfp as aerobics. It's not that big of a deal, but burning 79 calories for 47 minutes of yoga just seems better than burning 79 calories for 47 minutes of aerobics. I'm sure it will just take me some time to figure everything out. I don't find the garmin forums to be very helpful. But I do love the watch.

    It is still very cold here, but should get up to 40f today. I am planning to run. I know I'm a wimp, but my feet hurt a lot when it is as cold as it has been the past few days. Luckily for me it is rarely that cold. I would much prefer to run in 90f than 20f.
  • rusgolden
    rusgolden Posts: 1,337 Member
    @Elise4270 --- I like your spreadsheet... it opened fine for me, but was read only, so I think you would need to modify the permissions. I think having a tab per month like you have would be better than 1 per person or it might take forever to find it. We could use column A for the MFP username, column B for the monthly goal, column C for total and then column D for % of goal reached with subsequent columns for the days of the month and repeat the total column at the end. Just throwing ideas up on what I would want to see tracked, but if others have more info on what they usually track, please share.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    Stella seems to be quite depressed with the cold weather that we have been having. She absolutely loves her walks, but I have been limiting them to 15 minutes because I know it's not the best thing for her with the sub-zero temps we have had every morning this week. And she is not all that interested in going out in the yard when it's this cold, so I have been trying to play with her as much as possible in the house, as she is a very high energy dog. She has this Kong tug toy that is her favorite, but she is incredibly strong, and it is all I can do to play with her for 5 minutes. So last night I designed a work out for myself that includes her and her tug toy. I hold the tug toy in alternating hands and do squats, lunges and step ups and pull her along. She loves every minute of it and I am getting in a workout in the meantime. Yesterday I logged it as " Functional Training with Stella" because after 20 minutes I was sweaty and spent!

    Awesome idea on the "Functional Training with Stella" - my Stella is similarly not loving the cold. Mostly it's her paws and the snow/ice/salt. Boots haven't been successful, unfortunately (I'm trying to invent a good waterproof sock-style boot in my head). I keep giving her toys to tear up and play some tug. I wish she would fetch but she will not ever give it back :) I will have to incorporate your methods.

    I took a rest day yesterday and I am already second-guessing my January goal. I feel like I want to taper more than I had planned for my Jan 14 HM. I really feel like I struggle when I'm not well rested going in to these HMs. But what is too much taper? In any case, I plan only easy runs between now and next Sunday.
  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    edited January 2018
    I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask but I feel more comfortable asking here than starting a brand new thread in the "Weight Loss" discussion forum.

    I'm curious if any runners here have weight loss goals but have trouble losing pounds -- even though they are making gains in lung capacity, speed, endurance, etc.?

    For me, I think it has to do a lot with genetics, my desk job and my occasional sweet tooth that can run wild and wreak havoc on what otherwise would have been an incredible week of healthy eating. :)

    Before I started running in September, I was barely exercising and would go weeks at a time without doing anything (due to a loss in the family, depression, major self-esteem issues and whatnot.) And then, suddenly, I decided to do something about it so I began running 1/3 mile stretches (the most I could do before I ran out of breath) with a goal of at least 1 mile per day.

    Gradually, I increased my mileage and ended up losing about 8 pounds between September and now -- and that was never my goal. My only goal was to improve my breathing and run farther. And the pounds came off.

    Suddenly, though, it stopped despite me running faster, farther, etc. I lost inches early on too, but that has stopped.

    What should I be doing to push past this plateau? Should I eat more, less? Am I not running hard or long enough? Currently, I average about 3 miles/5 days a week. (Part of the problem is it's so cold and I hate running on the treadmill.) I was running closer to 5-7 mile per day in the fall when it was warmer outside!

    My eating could be better. (Diary is public.) The past week hasn't been the greatest but generally I eat fairly well. I never drink soda, sugary drinks, etc. But I have a measured amount of creamer in my coffee every day and have a sweet tooth for desserts from time to time, haha. :)

    Also, I have a desk job, so I'm sitting for 8 hours a day. Not much I can change about that, but I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it, too.

    Sorry to bore everyone -- just curious if anyone is going through a similar situation!
  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    heh - my phone has started suggesting "dreadmill" instead of "treadmill" now. :smiley: It understands. :lol:

    YES! That's hilarious.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    LaurenFOB2301 wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask but I feel more comfortable asking here than starting a brand new thread in the "Weight Loss" discussion forum.

    I'm curious if any runners here have weight loss goals but have trouble losing pounds -- even though they are making gains in lung capacity, speed, endurance, etc.?

    For me, I think it has to do a lot with genetics, my desk job and my occasional sweet tooth that can run wild and wreak havoc on what otherwise would have been an incredible week of healthy eating. :)

    Before I started running in September, I was barely exercising and would go weeks at a time without doing anything (due to a loss in the family, depression, major self-esteem issues and whatnot.) And then, suddenly, I decided to do something about it so I began running 1/3 mile stretches (the most I could do before I ran out of breath) with a goal of at least 1 mile per day.

    Gradually, I increased my mileage and ended up losing about 8 pounds between September and now -- and that was never my goal. My only goal was to improve my breathing and run farther. And the pounds came off.

    Suddenly, though, it stopped despite me running faster, farther, etc. I lost inches early on too, but that has stopped.

    What should I be doing to push past this plateau? Should I eat more, less? Am I not running hard or long enough? Currently, I average about 3 miles/5 days a week. (Part of the problem is it's so cold and I hate running on the treadmill.) I was running closer to 5-7 mile per day in the fall when it was warmer outside!

    My eating could be better. (Diary is public.) The past week hasn't been the greatest but generally I eat fairly well. I never drink soda, sugary drinks, etc. But I have a measured amount of creamer in my coffee every day and have a sweet tooth for desserts from time to time, haha. :)

    Also, I have a desk job, so I'm sitting for 8 hours a day. Not much I can change about that, but I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it, too.

    Sorry to bore everyone -- just curious if anyone is going through a similar situation!

    You might be counting your exercise calories too high. Strava especially way over inflates calories burned. Try taking only HALF of what your work out app says you should get.
  • LaurenFOB2301
    LaurenFOB2301 Posts: 84 Member
    edited January 2018
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    LaurenFOB2301 wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask but I feel more comfortable asking here than starting a brand new thread in the "Weight Loss" discussion forum.

    I'm curious if any runners here have weight loss goals but have trouble losing pounds -- even though they are making gains in lung capacity, speed, endurance, etc.?

    For me, I think it has to do a lot with genetics, my desk job and my occasional sweet tooth that can run wild and wreak havoc on what otherwise would have been an incredible week of healthy eating. :)

    Before I started running in September, I was barely exercising and would go weeks at a time without doing anything (due to a loss in the family, depression, major self-esteem issues and whatnot.) And then, suddenly, I decided to do something about it so I began running 1/3 mile stretches (the most I could do before I ran out of breath) with a goal of at least 1 mile per day.

    Gradually, I increased my mileage and ended up losing about 8 pounds between September and now -- and that was never my goal. My only goal was to improve my breathing and run farther. And the pounds came off.

    Suddenly, though, it stopped despite me running faster, farther, etc. I lost inches early on too, but that has stopped.

    What should I be doing to push past this plateau? Should I eat more, less? Am I not running hard or long enough? Currently, I average about 3 miles/5 days a week. (Part of the problem is it's so cold and I hate running on the treadmill.) I was running closer to 5-7 mile per day in the fall when it was warmer outside!

    My eating could be better. (Diary is public.) The past week hasn't been the greatest but generally I eat fairly well. I never drink soda, sugary drinks, etc. But I have a measured amount of creamer in my coffee every day and have a sweet tooth for desserts from time to time, haha. :)

    Also, I have a desk job, so I'm sitting for 8 hours a day. Not much I can change about that, but I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it, too.

    Sorry to bore everyone -- just curious if anyone is going through a similar situation!

    You might be counting your exercise calories too high. Strava especially way over inflates calories burned. Try taking only HALF of what your work out app says you should get.

    Good point! I use Samsung Health but just downloaded Strava yesterday and planned to try that app while running outdoors.

    I do notice I tend to 'compensate eat' when I know I've put in a lot of miles one day and MFP says I have "extra calories" to spare, lol.
  • rusgolden
    rusgolden Posts: 1,337 Member
    @garygse -- I followed the recommendation of @7lenny7 and bought a pair of the golf mitts and feel they have been a great addition to my cold weather gear as well. I have a pair of lightweight gloves that I normally wear (I think they are rated for 40 F, but I am fine with just those to about 20 F) and wear them under the mitts. The mitts don't flap around either when you pull your hand through the slit and there have been a couple of times when my hand was warm enough to pull out, but I left the mitts contoured around the back of my hand to still give some protection/warmth. I'm not running in the temps that some of the northerners are, but this past week have ran in sub-zero temps with WC about -15 F and was fine with those. I wear a 9.5" (L) glove.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    LaurenFOB2301 wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    LaurenFOB2301 wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask but I feel more comfortable asking here than starting a brand new thread in the "Weight Loss" discussion forum.

    I'm curious if any runners here have weight loss goals but have trouble losing pounds -- even though they are making gains in lung capacity, speed, endurance, etc.?

    For me, I think it has to do a lot with genetics, my desk job and my occasional sweet tooth that can run wild and wreak havoc on what otherwise would have been an incredible week of healthy eating. :)

    Before I started running in September, I was barely exercising and would go weeks at a time without doing anything (due to a loss in the family, depression, major self-esteem issues and whatnot.) And then, suddenly, I decided to do something about it so I began running 1/3 mile stretches (the most I could do before I ran out of breath) with a goal of at least 1 mile per day.

    Gradually, I increased my mileage and ended up losing about 8 pounds between September and now -- and that was never my goal. My only goal was to improve my breathing and run farther. And the pounds came off.

    Suddenly, though, it stopped despite me running faster, farther, etc. I lost inches early on too, but that has stopped.

    What should I be doing to push past this plateau? Should I eat more, less? Am I not running hard or long enough? Currently, I average about 3 miles/5 days a week. (Part of the problem is it's so cold and I hate running on the treadmill.) I was running closer to 5-7 mile per day in the fall when it was warmer outside!

    My eating could be better. (Diary is public.) The past week hasn't been the greatest but generally I eat fairly well. I never drink soda, sugary drinks, etc. But I have a measured amount of creamer in my coffee every day and have a sweet tooth for desserts from time to time, haha. :)

    Also, I have a desk job, so I'm sitting for 8 hours a day. Not much I can change about that, but I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it, too.

    Sorry to bore everyone -- just curious if anyone is going through a similar situation!

    You might be counting your exercise calories too high. Strava especially way over inflates calories burned. Try taking only HALF of what your work out app says you should get.

    Good point! I use Samsung Health but just downloaded Strava yesterday and planned to try that app while running outdoors.

    I do notice I tend to 'compensate eat' when I know I've put in a lot of miles one day and MFP says I have "extra calories" to spare, lol.

    Yeah, if you are focused on loosing (I am currently at maintenance, so a bit harder for me really) you probably want to start with only eating back half your exercise calories, and adjust DOWN as needed. You may also need to adjust down your daily calorie allowance that MFP gives you. It will take some experimentation to get to the right levels - and it will need to be adjusted from time to time.
  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    01/01/2018 - 3.0 miles
    01/02/2018 - 4.0 miles
    01/03/2018 - Rest Day

    7/75 miles

    @Link2Life and @jacqueline0821 - Welcome! And anybody else I may have missed!

    Upcoming races (Question marks are races not yet registered for):
    Q50 Resolution Run - 01/06/2018 - ?
    Louisiana Marathon Quarter Marathon - 01/13/2018
    Mardi Gras Mambo 10K -02/17/2018
    OLOLCH Amazing Challenge 5K and 10K - 03/10-11/2018 - ?
    Q50 Races Sunset Gulf 3/24/2018 -?
    BIG EASY BIG HEART 5K 7/21/2018 -?
  • Mari33a
    Mari33a Posts: 1,253 Member
    01/01 4.06 miles
    03/01 3.80 miles Phew that was one stormy run!


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  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @elise4270 it was definitely the machine and thankfully not a pipe. I shop vac'd the rug and I'll worry about the washer over the weekend.

    My washing machine broke today too @skippygirlsmom. In my case it started smoking and set off the smoke detector. I am hanging out at the laundromat tonight...

    Is it a Samsung? There's a known issue with that...
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    edited January 2018
    @7lenny7 see I'm on the opposite page from your wife- Ben is fully aware if he shaves his off (largely because plants he visits make him shave it off to enter -_- )I'm gonna whine about it haha

    January 1- 18
    January 2- 20
    January 3- 19

    57/550

    57/6000

    2018 Races
    *Gord's Frozen A** 50K, February 19
    *JAJA Trail Marathon, April 1
    *Red Deer Marathon, May 20
    *Lone Wolf Last Man Standing Race, June 17
    *Eddie's Half Marathon, TBA June
    *Run in the Buff 120km TBA August
    *Lost Souls 100 Mile September 7
  • rusgolden
    rusgolden Posts: 1,337 Member
    January Goal: 135 miles

    01/01 - Rest (worked out this was also the coldest day)
    01/02 - 3.0 - 9:20/m - 141bpm
    01/03 - 5.0 - 9:07/m - 143 bpm

    Total: 8.0/135

    2017 PR's
    5K - 10/07 - 23:37 - 5K Jared Coons Pumpkin Run
    8K - 10/01 - 40:24 - 8K WWI Museum Double run (5K-25:53/3K-15:01)
    10K - 09/16 - 52:01 - 10K Kade Meyer Celebration Run
    HM - 11/19 - 1:53:39 HM Pilgrim Pacer
    2018 Races
    04/21 - Garmin Marathon in the Land of Oz (1st Full)... The year of the Dorothy
    More races TBD
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    01/01/18 - 3 miles
    01/02/18 - 4 miles
    01/03/18 - 4 miles

    MTD: 11 miles
    JAN GOAL: 80 miles

    YTD: 11 miles
    2018 GOAL: 1000 miles

    Upcoming (and hopeful) Races:
    02/10/18 - Mardi Crawl 10k
    04/14/18 - Rattler Mad Moose 10k (Trail)
    06/02/18 - Gluten free Gallop 5k (hubby and daughter have Celiac so this one's personal)
    06/23/18 - Slacker Half Marathon
    07/xx/18 - Something on a trail TBD
    09/23/18 - Xterra Mountain 8k (Trail)
    10/28/18 - Kooky Spooky 10k
    11/xx/18 - A Turkey Trot 5k of some sort TBD

  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @LaurenFOB2301 Have you thought about adding weight/strength training?

    I had more success when I did TDEE instead of MFP/eat back calories. For me I find it easier just to be like here's how many calories you can eat each day/week. Then if I go over one day I can still look at my week and adjust accordingly. I never liked the eating back calories thing.
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    Oh, this is cool! Thanks to whoever shared it!

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  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    skippygirlsmom wrote: »
    @elise4270 it was definitely the machine and thankfully not a pipe. I shop vac'd the rug and I'll worry about the washer over the weekend.

    My washing machine broke today too @skippygirlsmom. In my case it started smoking and set off the smoke detector. I am hanging out at the laundromat tonight...

    Is it a Samsung? There's a known issue with that...

    Nope, it's just old - one of those stacked apartment style units, around 12 years old, and other stuff has been failing on it recently too (but easier to diagnose/repair). We are thinking we might as well just replace it, possibly with a full sized stacking washer/dryer set. There's been a lot of bedding washed lately as my oldest is prone to accidents whenever his routine changes or he's sick - both of which accurately describe winter break! Pretty sure we overloaded it one too many times.

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