January 2018 Running Challenge

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  • bride001
    bride001 Posts: 153 Member
    01/01/2018 - 3.0 miles
    01/02/2018 - 4.0 miles
    01/03/2018 - Rest Day
    01/04/2018 - Unplanned Rest Day
    01/05/2018 - 3.52 miles
    01/06/2018 - Unplanned Rest Day
    01/07/2018 - 2.52 miles
    01/08/2018 - Rest Day Due to rain
    01/09/2018 - 3.09 miles
    01/10/2018 - Unplanned Rest Day
    01/11/2018 - 4.0 miles on treadmill
    01/12/2018 - 3.01 miles
    01/13/2018 - 6.67 miles
    01/14/2018 - Rest Day
    01/15/2018 - Rest Day
    01/16/2018 - Me being lazy and did not run
    01/17/2018 - Louisiana ice apocalypse - The state was shut down
    01/18/2018 - 4.0 miles
    01/19/2018 - No run yet

    Tuesday afternoon started our Ice apocalypse with a wintry mix and then snow. South Louisiana people do not know how to drive in the ice - lots of accidents. Our interstate was shut down for about 110 miles in both directions. Too dangerous to run on icy roads on Wednesday for this South Louisiana girl. Got a run in on Thursday after the ice melted.

    My kids were out of school all week - first for the MLK holiday, then for the ice apocalypse. They will return on Monday.

    It is suppose to be around 40 F tomorrow morning for my run. As my husband said yesterday, it is a strange feeling when 40 F feels warm in South Louisiana.

    33.81/75 miles

    Upcoming races (Question marks are races not yet registered for):
    Louisiana Marathon Quarter Marathon - 01/13/2018 - Done
    Mardi Gras Mambo 10K -02/17/2018
    Q50 Races Sunset Gulf - 6.5 miles 3/24/2018
    BIG EASY BIG HEART 5K 7/21/2018 - ?
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    @_nikkiwolf_ thanks for the suggestion. I've bought online from decathlon before and visited their stores both in London and France so will give that a go. Thanks everyone else, I'd not heard of mohair being hypoallergenic before, it's only ever been scratch to me, and excited to try alpaca. My real problem is lanolin, which in addition to being in wool products is also generally in all creams marketed as being appropriate for eczema....

    Also, warmth is less an issue. I shoot flames from my body when I run (except my butt which is ice). Particularly my feet. So I'm more interested in keeping dry than warm.


  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    @_nikkiwolf_ nice review of the bin bags. Good to have clarification on sizing, maybe you could give it a waterproof rating, years strength and breathability test?
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    So, my running page just posted an Ultra race located on one of my big-group running routes. I am looking at this race and thinking how insanely crazy boring this would be. How do the Ultra courses usually work? 48 hours of 2 mile loops? For $130? What? Do Ultras usually run in short loops for 48 hour time spans?

    http://timespacemaster.com/round-rock-ultrarounds/
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    Look at you go! @Orphia !
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    You can add another data point to your survey. It doesn't happen to me every single night, but it does when I've had high sodium intake, at certain points in my cycle, and other times when I notice water retention (e.g. carb binge, new workout routine, etc).

    Yes, that's what I was going to say. It doesn't happen all the time.

    I've woken up a couple of times during the night and had to loosen my band.

    But usually it's fine.
  • ddmm2013
    ddmm2013 Posts: 38 Member

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    zdyb23456 wrote: »
    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
    1/13 4miles
    1/14 rest
    1/15 5.75miles
    1/16 6.15miles
    1/17 9.17miles
    1/18 5miles
    1/19 13.1miles!

    Well, I did it today! I went straight to the gym after dropping the kids off, used the rest room and set off. Boy my legs felt heavy the first few miles, but then I started feeling better. There were several sections with ice and crunchy snow so I had to be careful not to fall, I’m just glad it was still frozen and my feet stayed dry.

    I finished in just under 2hours and 4minutes. I had plenty of time to shower and pick up the kids from their half day of school.

    2 hours and 4 mins for HM is a great time! Well done!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Orphia wrote: »

    I've just got back from doing it. I ran it in 29:40, and 3 people who said they were using me got PBs! :smile: :smile: :smile: Very happy.

    Awesome job! Yay!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    You can add another data point to your survey. It doesn't happen to me every single night, but it does when I've had high sodium intake, at certain points in my cycle, and other times when I notice water retention (e.g. carb binge, new workout routine, etc).

    Yes, that's what I was going to say. It doesn't happen all the time.

    I've woken up a couple of times during the night and had to loosen my band.

    But usually it's fine.

    It also happens when I'm in denial about how much I've been eating lately because cake ;)

    Yeah, it is not every night, and some nights are worse. Like once I woke up and felt like my hand was falling asleep from the tightness, and yet a different night it did not seem to get tighter at all.

    So good, this is sounding very normal then.
  • hanlonsk
    hanlonsk Posts: 762 Member
    @bride001 yeah, Dad was quite surprised, frozen, and generally unpleased that his NOLA home was colder than his Wyoming home. Doesn’t happen often, and certainly doesn’t happen often at 20 degrees. He said he didn’t leave the house until he had reason to believe at least some of the Ice was melting.
    While I am on the topic of Louisiana weather, and in a running thread, what do you know about the red dress race? Dad thinks we should run it this year for entertainments sake.. I have suggested nothing sounds entertaining about combining running with Louisiana in August...
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    And, now my race calendar is officially full,

    Can you try adding your blog link to your MFP profile? Surely that would be allowed.
  • penko47
    penko47 Posts: 236 Member
    Wow there is so much great news on this thread in the last 24 hours! Congratulations to all!

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    JessicaMcB wrote: »

    While I was trying to come down off the stress of race before the race I checked my email and found out that I landed one of the major sponsorships I went for this year- I'll be able to tell you who I'll be running for in 2018 as of Feb 1st ;)

    I will likely never be at the "sponsorship" level, but I was wondering, can you tell us more about what that means? Something beyond wearing a baseball cap I am sure. Do they just cover races fees, or what?
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    10.1 can't believe it took 20 days of January before I ran double digits.
    @PastorVincent you may need to stay away from Red Robin. Lol
    Also let me give you some of your own advice 3 hr limit on training runs. Hope the weather is good and the run is satisfying.

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