January 2018 Running Challenge
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »My plan was 5 miles last night, then I realized my son had a 2 hour basketball practice later in the evening so I though I'd go for 10. Our warm spell was over and it was -12F windchill. Normally that's not a problem but for some reason last night I was struggling. My legs weren't having it, my lungs weren't having it, and because I kept having to stop to check the map, my pace wasn't having it. I was getting the chills before my run was over..WTH! I ended up with 6.4 miles with 30 minutes left to go before practice was over. I guess I'll look at the positive and be happy it was 1.4 miles more than I originally planned.
Awesome beer run.
Pure brilliance.0 -
1/1 5.9miles
1/2 5miles
1/3 13.1miles!
1/4 5miles
1/5 8.4miles
1/6 4miles
1/7 rest
1/8 6.67miles
1/9 5miles
1/10 6miles
1/11 13.1miles!
1/12 8.09miles
A complete turn around in weather. Yesterday, snow and ice and slush. Today, 70 degrees and 95 percent of the snow has melted away.
I started out pretty slow because my legs felt tired from 13 miles yesterday. I got going and finished 6 miles then 8 strides.
The cold weather is returning Monday, but it is lovely right now!
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Wow, what a ...umm... KITTEN this guy is:
This Ultra Runner Won His Races by Hiding in a Port-A-Potty
https://www.runnersworld.com/ultra-marathon/ultra-runner-hides-in-port-a-potty
The whole idea that people actually cheat at marathons/ultras is fascinating to me. (I may or may not have binge-read all of Derek's posts at marathoninvestigation.com when I first discovered it about a year ago.) I just don't get what having that medal would do for you, other than remembering how you cheated, every single time you look at the thing.
Me too. I'm an average runner and if the conditions are right, I can sometimes place in my age-group in local races. But the thought of cutting a corner to ensure a win, is just weird to me.
And I went on a binge-fest reading everything I could find about Kip Litton.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man
I just got sucked down this rabbit hole. Holy cow!0 -
seanevan10 wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Wow, what a ...umm... KITTEN this guy is:
This Ultra Runner Won His Races by Hiding in a Port-A-Potty
https://www.runnersworld.com/ultra-marathon/ultra-runner-hides-in-port-a-potty
The whole idea that people actually cheat at marathons/ultras is fascinating to me. (I may or may not have binge-read all of Derek's posts at marathoninvestigation.com when I first discovered it about a year ago.) I just don't get what having that medal would do for you, other than remembering how you cheated, every single time you look at the thing.
Me too. I'm an average runner and if the conditions are right, I can sometimes place in my age-group in local races. But the thought of cutting a corner to ensure a win, is just weird to me.
And I went on a binge-fest reading everything I could find about Kip Litton.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man
I just got sucked down this rabbit hole. Holy cow!
Stunning isn't it? If you want to go down another rabbit hole, take a look at the site @polskagirl01 mentions up-thread - marathoninvestigation.com
Some of these people make Rosie Ruiz look like a complete amateur.0 -
1/1 = 6 miles
1/2 = rest day
1/3 = 7.5 miles
1/4 = vinyasa yoga class
1/5 = 7.5 miles
1/6 = 13 miles - River Road Half Marathon
1/7 = 6 miles
1/8 = strength training at the gym
1/9 = early PT appt for my foot/ankle
1/10 = 8 miles
1/11 = 6 miles
1/12 = 9 miles
Ugh. This time of year is know as cedar fever season in Central Texas. It is allergy misery and my runs are becoming suck-fests. To give you and idea, here is a video of evil cedar trees exuding their misery all over the area right now. That's not smoke or fog blowing around - its pure cedar pollen. Just Ugh. I am going to have to start running with a mask or resort to the dreadmill if it does not let up soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 631 -
seanevan10 wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Wow, what a ...umm... KITTEN this guy is:
This Ultra Runner Won His Races by Hiding in a Port-A-Potty
https://www.runnersworld.com/ultra-marathon/ultra-runner-hides-in-port-a-potty
The whole idea that people actually cheat at marathons/ultras is fascinating to me. (I may or may not have binge-read all of Derek's posts at marathoninvestigation.com when I first discovered it about a year ago.) I just don't get what having that medal would do for you, other than remembering how you cheated, every single time you look at the thing.
Me too. I'm an average runner and if the conditions are right, I can sometimes place in my age-group in local races. But the thought of cutting a corner to ensure a win, is just weird to me.
And I went on a binge-fest reading everything I could find about Kip Litton.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man
I just got sucked down this rabbit hole. Holy cow!
Omg! That story is bananas! How did he do it and not get caught during the race?!
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@katharmonic good luck!!! Sorry for the delay in Atlanta.
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BruinsGal_91 wrote: »seanevan10 wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »Wow, what a ...umm... KITTEN this guy is:
This Ultra Runner Won His Races by Hiding in a Port-A-Potty
https://www.runnersworld.com/ultra-marathon/ultra-runner-hides-in-port-a-potty
The whole idea that people actually cheat at marathons/ultras is fascinating to me. (I may or may not have binge-read all of Derek's posts at marathoninvestigation.com when I first discovered it about a year ago.) I just don't get what having that medal would do for you, other than remembering how you cheated, every single time you look at the thing.
Me too. I'm an average runner and if the conditions are right, I can sometimes place in my age-group in local races. But the thought of cutting a corner to ensure a win, is just weird to me.
And I went on a binge-fest reading everything I could find about Kip Litton.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/06/marathon-man
I just got sucked down this rabbit hole. Holy cow!
Stunning isn't it? If you want to go down another rabbit hole, take a look at the site @polskagirl01 mentions up-thread - marathoninvestigation.com
Some of these people make Rosie Ruiz look like a complete amateur.
I love marathon investigation. The things people will try to “win”. Crazy.0 -
@juliet3455 I think you win for coldest temps! Was on a call with a colleague from Yellowknife earlier this week and you have them beat for lows...
As for me, it was -41C windchill this morning but they've sort of fixed the heat in the office areas at work so my hands aren't turning blue anymore. The lab is still pretty frosty so I'm avoiding it and doing paperwork.
Scheduled to do strength training tonight and then an outdoor run tomorrow once it warms up a bit. Schedule-wise I'll probably go out before lunch while it's still a bit nippy.3 -
Shooting for 75 miles in January.
Miles to date: 29 miles
Today's Run - 4 miles
January Total - 33miles.5 -
Decided against a rest day today. I just have too much energy--tired legs be damned. It was chilly out (19F/8F wind chill OR -7C/-13C wind chill), but sunny. The running was uneventful. Slow and steady at a 10:39 pace.
I ran my normal route from downtown to the river trails. Crossed the bridge over the river and ran the west trail. While I was out on the west trail, I noticed a news helicopter station itself right above the river and just hover there. Then I got back to the bridge and saw a cop car sitting on the road with its lights on and no cop inside. Hmm... Then comes the fire truck...then the ambulance. No idea what was going on--there were no wrecks, no obvious commotion--so I just continued my run back to the tower. Found out when I got back that, between my "out" and my "back" (a 15 minute time-frame), someone found a dead body under the bridge. It had been there a few days, meaning I ran past it at least 3 times and had no idea... My husband hates that I go out and run the river trails, especially during the winter when there are few runners out. Partly a safety thing for me, but he's always saying "you know you're going to find a body, right?". Well, not this time, but close.
1/02/18 - 1.75 miles + Step class
1/04/18 - 3.50 miles + Step class
1/05/18 - 5.75 miles
1/08/18 - 2.00 miles + Power Pump class
1/09/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/10/18 - 6.00 miles
1/11/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/12/18 - 4.00 miles
Total: 28 miles / 60 mile goal
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@7lenny7 - Love it!0
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@ceciliaslater proof that you're a runner, not a jogger. If you were a jogger you would have found the body. Here's hoping the poor soul died of natural causes, at not by foul play.
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@ceciliaslater proof that you're a runner, not a jogger. If you were a jogger you would have found the body. Here's hoping the poor soul died of natural causes, at not by foul play.
I was thinking the same thing. Skip always says she doesn't worried about being killed because on TV when they find a dead woman her bra and panties match. Since hers don't she's safe.10 -
Yikes!ceciliaslater wrote: »Found out when I got back that, between my "out" and my "back" (a 15 minute time-frame), someone found a dead body under the bridge. It had been there a few days, meaning I ran past it at least 3 times and had no idea... My husband hates that I go out and run the river trails, especially during the winter when there are few runners out. Partly a safety thing for me, but he's always saying "you know you're going to find a body, right?". Well, not this time, but close.
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ceciliaslater wrote: »Decided against a rest day today. I just have too much energy--tired legs be damned. It was chilly out (19F/8F wind chill OR -7C/-13C wind chill), but sunny. The running was uneventful. Slow and steady at a 10:39 pace.
I ran my normal route from downtown to the river trails. Crossed the bridge over the river and ran the west trail. While I was out on the west trail, I noticed a news helicopter station itself right above the river and just hover there. Then I got back to the bridge and saw a cop car sitting on the road with its lights on and no cop inside. Hmm... Then comes the fire truck...then the ambulance. No idea what was going on--there were no wrecks, no obvious commotion--so I just continued my run back to the tower. Found out when I got back that, between my "out" and my "back" (a 15 minute time-frame), someone found a dead body under the bridge. It had been there a few days, meaning I ran past it at least 3 times and had no idea... My husband hates that I go out and run the river trails, especially during the winter when there are few runners out. Partly a safety thing for me, but he's always saying "you know you're going to find a body, right?". Well, not this time, but close.
1/02/18 - 1.75 miles + Step class
1/04/18 - 3.50 miles + Step class
1/05/18 - 5.75 miles
1/08/18 - 2.00 miles + Power Pump class
1/09/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/10/18 - 6.00 miles
1/11/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/12/18 - 4.00 miles
Total: 28 miles / 60 mile goal
My husband says it's also too cold for bad guys to be out, so you're safe.
When Lorenzon Wright, the basketball player, was murdered, he was missing for weeks and turned up in a field near where we live, and I drove right past it several times during that time frame and noticed a huge flock of vultures. I said jokingly to my husband, thinking it was probably a deer or something, "I wonder who's dead back there." Well...
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amymoreorless wrote: »1/1 = 6 miles
1/2 = rest day
1/3 = 7.5 miles
1/4 = vinyasa yoga class
1/5 = 7.5 miles
1/6 = 13 miles - River Road Half Marathon
1/7 = 6 miles
1/8 = strength training at the gym
1/9 = early PT appt for my foot/ankle
1/10 = 8 miles
1/11 = 6 miles
1/12 = 9 miles
Ugh. This time of year is know as cedar fever season in Central Texas. It is allergy misery and my runs are becoming suck-fests. To give you and idea, here is a video of evil cedar trees exuding their misery all over the area right now. That's not smoke or fog blowing around - its pure cedar pollen. Just Ugh. I am going to have to start running with a mask or resort to the dreadmill if it does not let up soon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 63
THIS ^^^ I'm just north of you and it is misery. Plus, it seems like everyone around me either has strep or the flu. Ackkkk!1 -
ceciliaslater wrote: »Decided against a rest day today. I just have too much energy--tired legs be damned. It was chilly out (19F/8F wind chill OR -7C/-13C wind chill), but sunny. The running was uneventful. Slow and steady at a 10:39 pace.
I ran my normal route from downtown to the river trails. Crossed the bridge over the river and ran the west trail. While I was out on the west trail, I noticed a news helicopter station itself right above the river and just hover there. Then I got back to the bridge and saw a cop car sitting on the road with its lights on and no cop inside. Hmm... Then comes the fire truck...then the ambulance. No idea what was going on--there were no wrecks, no obvious commotion--so I just continued my run back to the tower. Found out when I got back that, between my "out" and my "back" (a 15 minute time-frame), someone found a dead body under the bridge. It had been there a few days, meaning I ran past it at least 3 times and had no idea... My husband hates that I go out and run the river trails, especially during the winter when there are few runners out. Partly a safety thing for me, but he's always saying "you know you're going to find a body, right?". Well, not this time, but close.
1/02/18 - 1.75 miles + Step class
1/04/18 - 3.50 miles + Step class
1/05/18 - 5.75 miles
1/08/18 - 2.00 miles + Power Pump class
1/09/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/10/18 - 6.00 miles
1/11/18 - 2.50 miles + Step class
1/12/18 - 4.00 miles
Total: 28 miles / 60 mile goal
I'm glad you didn't find it actually. But man, close call! And I love it @skippygirlsmom !!!! Mine never match either!1 -
January goal: 75 miles
1/3 - 4.4 miles
1/4 - 4.1 miles
1/5 - 4.1 miles
1/7 - 9.1 miles
1/9 - 4.3 miles
1/10 - 4.3 miles
1/12 - 4.0 miles
34.3/75 miles completed
I switched my run from yesterday to today and I am really glad I did. Today's run was really good. It was cold, but not unbearable and there really wasn't any wind and it was a beautiful sunny day. Yesterday was cloudy, cold and 22 mph winds. After my run I took the dogs out for a little walk. They were so excited to see me getting ready for my run so I promised to take them when I got back. It really is a good way to cool down after a run. I should do it more often.
@ceciliaslater I'm so glad you are still a runner and not a jogger. I would definitely hate to find a body.
@skippygirlsmom It looks like I am safe most of the time.
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seanevan10 wrote: »amymoreorless wrote: »1/1 = 6 miles
1/2 = rest day
1/3 = 7.5 miles
1/4 = vinyasa yoga class
1/5 = 7.5 miles
1/6 = 13 miles - River Road Half Marathon
1/7 = 6 miles
1/8 = strength training at the gym
1/9 = early PT appt for my foot/ankle
1/10 = 8 miles
1/11 = 6 miles
1/12 = 9 miles
Ugh. This time of year is know as cedar fever season in Central Texas. It is allergy misery and my runs are becoming suck-fests. To give you and idea, here is a video of evil cedar trees exuding their misery all over the area right now. That's not smoke or fog blowing around - its pure cedar pollen. Just Ugh. I am going to have to start running with a mask or resort to the dreadmill if it does not let up soon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcBnE-IPA
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 63
THIS ^^^ I'm just north of you and it is misery. Plus, it seems like everyone around me either has strep or the flu. Ackkkk!
@seanevan10 Exactly! We should start a Central Texas runners support group. A place for runners who deal with the two Texas seasons: Cedar fever season & Seventh level of hell (AKA "summer" heat) season.2
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