January 2018 Running Challenge
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SO! I decided to ignore the 11F air temp and head out anyways. @MNLittleFinn would be proud of me I guess
It was SUNNY, which was nice, but feels like was much lower and the temp was falling the entire time of my run due to a little thing that happens occasionally - sunset.
So I put on my layers, and considered the duct tape on shoes idea, but decided it probably would not be enough. Instead, I jammed hand warmers in my shoes and was pleasantly surprised that they fit. For the entire run the left foot had it's warmer comfortably under my toes, but my right foot had the warmer slip to in front of the toes which meant for most of the run my toes were jammed up against it. It was still more comfortable than running without it.
I also added warmers to my gloves. I do have those mits, but they are too small to go over my stuff, so not sure what I will do with them. For now, they are sitting on the counter.
With the addition of those warmers, I was comfortable with the run. I did leave my UA Infrared Balaclava at home and used the lighter version that is attached to my shirt. That UA Balaclava is too hot for running in, at least at the temps I have run so far.
I started the run on the roads, the nice plowed and salted roads so I left my YakTracks at home. Figured I would not need them since everywhere I was planning to run was paved. That was true for like 80% of the run, but dopey me decided to turn into the park for a nice loop on the paved trails. Did I mention the park is CLOSED for the winter so no one is maintaining said trails?
Well, it was going fine at first, but as I got deeper into the park I started hitting patches of ice. The first few were only like 2 strides long, but they got bigger and slicker as I went. Several times my balance was mightly challenged, but thankfully my indigenous blood brings along a measure of sure-footedness.
When I finally cleared the icey section and stated the return side of the loop it was all basically untouched snow. There was evidence of 2 or at most 3 other people that had passed that way before me, but that was it. So I was faced with running in ankle-deep snow or turning back to the ice. Snow beats ice any day, so ran on I did.
I have not run in snow like that before, and it was not as bad as I was expecting. I was expecting it to be like running on the beach. Sure it was harder than running on a nice trail or asphalt, but not to the level of beach running. Also at 11F, you do not have to worry about the snow melting and getting you wet. So there is that
Time ran out on me, so I looped back home at 11 miles. It was a full minute per mile slower than I have been running, but it was OUTSIDE. So I will happily take it. I suspect with all the layers on I could not have gone all that much faster, but I was mainly looking to put miles on the clock and not real worried about pace.
Now I just need to find a source for inexpensive hand warmers and I can push the temps even lower and still run. My toes stayed happy enough the whole run.
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I'm alive!!!! The flu didn't kill me!!
I'm almost over this miserable thing. Was able to walk three miles on the TM today. Hope to try a short run tomorrow or Tuesday.
Man, that was nasty. I hope the rest of you stay healthy!21 -
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@PastorVincent This was the first time I've had an issue. I'm used to being overlooked. Most people don't know what gluten is let alone celiac disease. I usually tell people I have an allergy. My husbands hate that I do that but it's just easier in an already stressful (for me) situation.3
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YTD Stats:
7,885’ gain
52.59 miles
Jan 14:
15.59mi 2913ft/gain 2900ft/loss
Bulldog loop with Kim E. again today. Starting temp 39deg F. Took 3 minutes off last week’s total time!! 4:06 today for the loop portion.
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So I decided to switch it up and I went out at night vs 4am to see how my body would do with food in my system vs no food. While I felt really sluggish I was able to maintain a consistent pace even if it was slower than molasses but the fact that I do smoke half a pack a day I think I’m killing it. Lol
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@Starflight00 Welcome! I can see you've gained insight from your early vigorous running like many of us. You'll fit in well here!
@katharmonic Love your race! Your fitness is awesome at the moment!skippygirlsmom wrote: »Okay I can't contain my excitement, Skip talked to the Coach where she's going to college this afternoon. He wanted to know if she wanted to be a Hawk and come run for him. She is so excited, after our unofficial visit they have exchanged emails on and off usually just chit chat. He said he will be in touch soon with more details. He cannot make her an official offer until April. I'm so proud of her and how she handled herself on the phone with him. My baby girl is growing up.
@skippygirlsmom Squeeeee! Yay for Skip!PastorVincent wrote: »skippygirlsmom wrote: »@shanaber I don't use the Strava program I just sync my Garmin to it later. Once in a blue moon I'll see where I jumped over someone's house during my run. Doesn't happen often through.
This is how I do it also. I let the watch do its thing, and later Garmin Connect sends it out to Run Keeper, Strave, MFP and Apple Health. I have no problems that way, and with the watch doing all the work, my iPhone battery lasts a lot longer.
@PastorVincent @shanaber Ditto this. Strava actually improves on anything my 99% accurate Garmin GPS sends it.
Also ditto using fingerless gloves with attached foldover mittens and a handwarmer inside. Discovered that trick for myself in my winter mid-2016.
@girlinahat My heartrate is quite often lower on my faster runs. It's actually a thing. A friend who is a running coach says so, and his does the same, and it's the body, muscles, aerobic system all being more efficient at those speeds at in that form. It just feels easier, and your body moves better. He explained it a bit more scientifically that that, though.
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January 1 — 4.15 miles
January 3 — 4.25 miles
January 5 — 4.12 miles
January 7 — 4.15 miles
January 9 — 9.27 miles
January 12 — 5.14 miles
January 14 — 4.1 miles
January total — 35.18/75 miles
Lots of ice on the roads (and sidewalks) tonight! Even with my traction aids, both sides of the streets were pretty sketchy, so I generally ran in the middle of the road, which was clear. Really not the safest place since I am not very visible. But I ordered myself one of those reflective xinglets (the illume) that @7lenny7 linked to, so now I am waiting impatiently for it to arrive.6 -
Hi all!
Managed to do my 2nd slow (I mean slower than turtle) run yesterday. Piriformis is still in pain but it's getting better, I can feel it. I will continue this way, try and if in pain stop asap.
1/2: 5.7k
1/14: 5k
10.7k/80k
Noway to do 80k but hey, I must leave something for next year right?
Stay hydrated!12 -
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Any ironman 70.3 or even 140.6 in this group? Im training for my 1st 70.3; I actually registered for 2 of them. I'm a 44 time marathon finisher also. Would love to connect as MFP friends if so. This thread just moves too fast for me to keep up.7
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Added a few runs since my last check-in. Saturday morning 7.4k, Sunday night 5k informal time trial to see if I'm still within goal range for Saturday (yes, barely) and 11.4k this morning. My hands and feet were fine, and I had my face mostly covered, but I was cold, even in 2 pairs of tights and ski jacket, waah, waah, my butt was freezing and I didn't enjoy the run, but am glad I did it, as usual.
There might've been a GPS error today, not sure. The map route doesn't start until about 1k into the run, right around where I thought it beeped to let me know I'd gone 1k. I didn't want to dig it out of my coat sleeve, so didn't look. But the overall distance seems slightly longer than I expected even if it was counting the whole run. Oh well. I'm still getting used to running with a watch. Have now figured out how to get it to sync with everything, and which buttons NOT to press during a run, after entering a bunch of stupid meaningless laps mid-run. Was a little weirded out this morning when I woke up (had slept with it on) and it said, "It looks like you've been sleeping", and listed the actual time I went to sleep -yep, just a couple minutes after the last time I looked at the clock and rolled over. I have 24-hr HR monitoring turned off, so not sure how it knew. Maybe based on movement. Or maybe it's Big Brother.
In other news, it's apparently my fault the Steelers lost, because I happened to be checking MFP and trying to figure out how to sync my watch, while hubby was trying to live-stream the game (we live in Europe and don't have cable). Ruined his life
Upcoming races:
1/20 CityTrail 5k
1/28 Madeira Marathon (Funchal, Portugal)
2/17 CityTrail 5k (morning) + Lublin 10k (night race)
3/17 CityTrail 5k
3/18 CityTrail 5k (in Warsaw, because I got a free start)
4/8 Lublin 10k
May pick and choose from these races, or take some time off and bike all summer:
5/13 Lublin Marathon (? pretty sure I want to do it)
6/23 Kraśnik Half-Marathon (?)
9/23 Loch Ness Marathon (?)5 -
It’s not the run heartrate I question, it’s the Crossfit workout. Honestly, I felt like I was dying, with fast rowing, kettlebell swings and those blasted burpees, over and over… I am pretty sure it is something to do with how fitbit measures HR, and that it struggles to cope in that sort of situation. According to fitbit my resting heartrate is around 60 bpm, and a brisk walk takes me to 110-114, which is probably fairly accurate. Maybe next week I will put on my tomtom chest strap and log it as a workout to see what happens.
I’m also starting to think that Kettlebells might be the secret best workout ever. Admittedly I can barely bend my back and I ache at the spot where my traps connect, but aches like that are a good thing right?
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Saturday, because of snow and ice overnight and early morning travel plans, I kind of had no choice but to do my 8 mile tempo run on the dreadmill. It has been forever since I have run that distance on the dreadmill and it honestly wasn't "that bad". I still can't handle steady paced runs, so even though it was tempo, I varied my speed between 8 and 8.5 for the 6 mile tempo portion and that helped the time go by a bit quicker. While I definitely do not intend to make this a habit, I was proud of myself for hanging on.
On the other hand, I am not so proud of myself for the poor decision I made yesterday to swap my long run with my rest day today. After traveling back from our quick trip to Pittsburgh to pick up mom and watching football, I was feeling a bit tired. Temps were in the low 20s and it was sunny and would have been a great day for my 10 mile run, but I was also feeling a bit guilty about leaving mom when she just got here and I knew I have today off from work so I made the decision to do the run today. So, of course it's snowing. I still plan to go out and get in my 10 miles and actually looking forward to running in the snow, but I know it will be a slow go and I probably should have done it yesterday.
@katharmonic- Awesome job on the half. I,love the medal. I also just bought my SIL a TENS machine for her back. I had never heard of it before. I am glad to hear you liked it.
@_nikkiwolf_ You are a beast for even getting out there after a rough day on the slopes. I love to ski, but it is quite a workout and usually an automatic excuse for a rest day for me!
@RunsOnEspresso - I will gladly come to your gluten-free race! Post race "buffets" usually make me sad. Sometimes they have Kind bars or other GF nutrition bars, but usually I have to resort to a banana and my own Think Thin bar.
@skippygirlsmom - How exciting for Skip! She definitely deserves it!7 -
Thank you all for the warm welcome! You are a chatty bunch, I can't keep up with names and races!
Anyone here running every day? Any pros/cons to consider?
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girlinahat wrote: »It’s not the run heartrate I question, it’s the Crossfit workout. Honestly, I felt like I was dying, with fast rowing, kettlebell swings and those blasted burpees, over and over… I am pretty sure it is something to do with how fitbit measures HR, and that it struggles to cope in that sort of situation. According to fitbit my resting heartrate is around 60 bpm, and a brisk walk takes me to 110-114, which is probably fairly accurate. Maybe next week I will put on my tomtom chest strap and log it as a workout to see what happens.
I’m also starting to think that Kettlebells might be the secret best workout ever. Admittedly I can barely bend my back and I ache at the spot where my traps connect, but aches like that are a good thing right?
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »girlinahat wrote: »It’s not the run heartrate I question, it’s the Crossfit workout. Honestly, I felt like I was dying, with fast rowing, kettlebell swings and those blasted burpees, over and over… I am pretty sure it is something to do with how fitbit measures HR, and that it struggles to cope in that sort of situation. According to fitbit my resting heartrate is around 60 bpm, and a brisk walk takes me to 110-114, which is probably fairly accurate. Maybe next week I will put on my tomtom chest strap and log it as a workout to see what happens.
I’m also starting to think that Kettlebells might be the secret best workout ever. Admittedly I can barely bend my back and I ache at the spot where my traps connect, but aches like that are a good thing right?
If you manage to wear your fitbit halfway between wrist and elbow and still get readings, they should be more realistic.
Thanks
I do have fairly tendon-y joints so that could be why – it was certainly recording SOMETHING. I’m not sure I can get it to stay further up my wrist but might give it a go. Otherwise it’ll be dig the chest strap out and try that.
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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
1/13 = rest day
1/14 = 14 miles (run/walk intervals with group)
1/15 = 5 miles & foot PT appt.
January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 827 -
January 1 – 5 miles
January 3 – 5 miles
January 6 – 5 miles
January 7 – 8.23 miles
January 8 – 4.79 miles
January 10 – 5.04 miles
January 12 – 5.15 miles
January 13 – 10.25 miles
January 15 – 5.05 miles
@skippygirlsmom – Congrats to Skippy!!! How excited she must be.
@RunsOnEspresso – One of my good running friends that I do a lot of races with also has celiac disease. When we go out of town, we’re always conscious of where we pick to eat. She has a neat app that helps us decide. She’s gotten pretty adept at packing snacks and breakfast but I feel bad that she isn’t able to partake in the post-race food like most everyone else. Maybe with more awareness these days, race directors will have more gf options available.
@Dauntless Diva – Beautiful sky in your picture!
Mondays is normally a day at the local middle school track however there were only 2 of us who ran today. The two other ladies who have track workouts in their schedules and really seem to enjoy them were not there this morning so we didn’t venture onto the track. We hit the streets for 5 miles instead on a chilly 12F morning.
Upcoming Races:
February 3 – Strawberry Plains Half Marathon
February 24-25 – Gasparilla Amber Challenge (15K & 5K on Saturday; Half Marathon on Sunday)
May 6 – Pittsburgh Half Marathon
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