January 2018 Running Challenge

Teresa502 · January 2018

I went to the track with some friends this morning. One of them was doing 4 x 1600s but I opted to run the straight hard and recover going around the bend. Ran a little extra when I got back to the car to get in 5 miles for today. Temp was a great 34F. We have rain moving in tomorrow but it beats the heck out of snow and ice!

BrookeRunningMom · January 2018

my goal is to do 85 miles this month, Im not training for anything, I did set a goal to do 4- 5ks this year but thats it lol,

PastorVincent · January 2018

*sigh* Looks like darn reasonable running weather:

But I pulled a muscle in my back sleeping last night some so not sure I *can* run. Ugh.

AmyOutOfControl · January 2018

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.
1/16 = rest day
1/17 = 6 miles dreadmill & 30 minutes strength training
1/18 = 4 miles
1/19 = 14 miles (run/walk intervals)
1/20 = gimpy foot rest day
1/21 = 8 miles (run/walk intervals)
1/22 = 6 miles and short strength training session

January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 120

PastorVincent · January 2018

BrookeRunningMom wrote: »

my goal is to do 85 miles this month, Im not training for anything, I did set a goal to do 4- 5ks this year but thats it lol,

Welcome aboard!

hjeppley · January 2018

Welcome @BrookeRunningMom!

The 50K discussion is really interesting to me as well. I just signed up for my 50K in mid March so it is all starting to look real now. One of my issues is going to be getting ready for the hills. I need to make some field trips to get some better hills than I can get at home. I did one 50K 4 years ago but the terrain was pretty easy for that one.

Decided to go with my plan of water walking today and give my hamstring another day to recover. It is feeling a lot better today though after lots of foam rolling and some ice yesterday. I am doing a check in visit with my PT today so I’ll get her opinion on how long I need to back off and what I can do to keep this new problem from setting my training back.

skippygirlsmom · January 2018

sarahthes wrote: »

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

sarahthes wrote: »

Strength day for me today, as well as wrangling the old washer & dryer away from the wall & disconnecting it. New one delivered tomorrow and then I gotta call an electrician to move an outlet and maybe swap out a plug as well.

Possibly will need to hop over to a friend's tomorrow night to wash running gear, or maybe laundromat, if the electrical is complicated.

@sarahthes when I got a new dryer they switched the power cord on the dryer not my wall. Took a few minutes. I've been lucky my washer has been working fine. I think a hose might have leaked because of the cold.

@skippygirlsmom I'm hoping that's all we need to do for the dryer. There isn't any plug at all for the washer on that side of the room - old unit was a 2 in 1. I'm hoping that temporarily it will reach the outlet on the other side of the room (maybe 5 feet away? small room) but the cord will be a tripping hazard in the meantime.

@sarahthes I gotcha!

fitoverfortymom · January 2018

01/01/18 - 3 miles
01/02/18 - 4 miles
01/03/18 - 4 miles
01/04/18 - 3 miles
01/05/18 - Cross train
01/06/18 - 6 miles (trail)
01/07/18 - REST
01/08/18 - 3 miles
01/09/18 - 4.5 miles
01/10/18 - 3.5miles
01/11/18 - 3 miles
01/12/18 - Cross Train Les Mills BodyPump/CXWORX
01/13/18 - 8 miles (trail)
01/14/18 - REST
01/15/18 - 3 miles
01/16/18 - 5 miles
01/17/18 - 3.5 miles
01/18/18 - 3 miles
01/19/18 - Cross Train Les Mills BodyPump/CXWORX
01/20/18 - 6 miles (trail)
01/21/18 - Rest (but shoveled lotsa snow)
01/22/18 - 3

MTD: 62.5 miles
JAN GOAL: 80 miles

YTD: 62.5 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

Might have to rethink my 6/2 race. Looks like we'll be camping at the Great Sand Dunes that weekend for Boy Scouts. I guess I'll run up some big-*kitten* sandy hills instead.

Was about 19F for my run this morning. I actually really love running in 16-20 degrees. One thing I didn't anticipate was from the snowfall yesterday that the plows would move the wet muck (that refreezes overnight) onto the sidewalk where I usually run, so it was more like snowy trail conditions to contend with. It was a little slower than usual, but I managed OK and it was one of those "feels really great runs." Might have been a good candidate for going to the YMCA treadmill or waiting until this afternoon when a little melt happens, but eh, I did it and I'm glad.

ETA: This is the sand dunes

fitoverfortymom · January 2018

@HRKinchen I love to run early! Once you just get up and get out and get going, it's all good. You get back and feel awesome, like you've already accomplished something significant, before anyone else is out of bed. I'm slower in the early AM, but the work still counts.

@JessicaMcB and @Orphia You ladies are truly an inspiration and always give me something to think about on how to improve my runs, even though my distances may never match yours. The world needs more strong ladies lifting up other strong ladies.

@PastorVincent Sorry to hear about your back, whenever I tweak mine, it's always doing something lame like putting on pants or rolling over.

@BrookeRunningMom Welcome!

girlinahat · January 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

But I pulled a muscle in my back sleeping last night some so not sure I *can* run. Ugh.

that's some strenuous sleeping you went through there!!

hope it tweaks back into running zone soon!

girlinahat · January 2018

@fitoverfortymom hmmm. those sand dunes LOOK amazing, but they're gonna hurt!!! (also, I've been reading about collapsing sand dunes lately. Don't get swallowed)

PastorVincent · January 2018

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

Might have to rethink my 6/2 race. Looks like we'll be camping at the Great Sand Dunes that weekend for Boy Scouts. I guess I'll run up some big-*kitten* sandy hills instead.

ETA: This is the sand dunes

Woah. That looks brutal to run!

polskagirl01 · January 2018

Saw the funniest 2 dogs today on my run. You could tell just by looking at them that they were not strays, and the looks on their faces (if you will) made it clear they had just escaped and were out on a joy-run. Came at me barking, but seemed more friendly than anything and then kept going on their merry way. I saw them again later, off in the distance running around like they were getting away with something.

Everyone who brought up night races: some of my favorite races have been night races! One was a wintery 10k, with a repeat coming up next month, and the other was a half marathon in September (with perfect running weather). Lots of glowing arm bands, lights, and extra excitement in the air.

Monday has been long run day for 2 months and my body hasn't yet got the memo that we aren't running for several hours today. I don't drink coffee, but feel like I drank a whole pot! Getting stuff done! And for what it's worth, I don't cap long runs to 3 hours or any other time limit. 20 miles does take me longer than 3 hours, and I'm more concerned about covering the distance at a comfortable pace. But I wonder how those who are FOR a time limit would adjust a marathon/ultra training schedule, say if anything over 16 miles is going to take you over that limit? Multiple runs per day? Make up the distance the next day or add it to other runs during the week? Skip it completely?

Just figured out they changed the schedule and now I don't have a morning 5k and night 10k on the same day in February.
Upcoming races:
1/28 Madeira Marathon (Funchal, Portugal)
2/10 CityTrail 5k
2/17 Lublin 10k (night race)
3/17 CityTrail 5k
3/18 CityTrail 5k (in Warsaw, because I got a free start)
4/8 Lublin 10k
5/13 Lublin Marathon

fitoverfortymom · January 2018

girlinahat wrote: »

@fitoverfortymom hmmm. those sand dunes LOOK amazing, but they're gonna hurt!!! (also, I've been reading about collapsing sand dunes lately. Don't get swallowed)

That's a thing?

fitoverfortymom · January 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

fitoverfortymom wrote: »

Might have to rethink my 6/2 race. Looks like we'll be camping at the Great Sand Dunes that weekend for Boy Scouts. I guess I'll run up some big-*kitten* sandy hills instead.

ETA: This is the sand dunes

Woah. That looks brutal to run!

There's a loop that goes around that's not too hard: https://www.trailrunproject.com/trail/7014510/sand-dunes-loop. Mostly it's fun to race the kids to the top.

MNLittleFinn · January 2018

girlinahat wrote: »

PastorVincent wrote: »

But I pulled a muscle in my back sleeping last night some so not sure I *can* run. Ugh.

that's some strenuous sleeping you went through there!!

hope it tweaks back into running zone soon!

I think he needs a run so he can relax/recover from the sleep

angmarie28 · January 2018

1/1/18-6 miles
1/4/18-3 miles
1/6/18-6 miles
1/7/18-3.25 miles
1/9/18-3miles
1/10/18-2.25 miles
1/13/18-1.5 miles
1/14/18-8 miles
1/15/18-3 miles
1/17/18-3 miles
1/21/18-6 miles

45/60 Miles

Upcoming Races:
5/12/18-Montana Womens Run-5 Miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon

Really slacked this week on my running, and It really wasnt slacking, Thursday was, I just could not get myself to do it, Friday I worked at both my jobs, so I worked 730am to 11pm, and I dont really get lunches at either, and the only break I had was from 4 to 430 when I drove from one job to the other, so no where could I get a run in. Saturday I had a horrific side ache caused by some gastrointestinal problems I have, I cant even walk hardly when it happens so Running's a Big no. Sunday I wanted to do more but my side was still pretty achy, so I ran slower, and I ran out of time because I had to be somewhere. I will make up for it this week, I plan on doing three 4 mile runs and 2 lifting sessions this week

LaurenFOB2301 · January 2018

What a crazy rollercoaster two days!

Here's an update on Saturday's F^3 race in Chicago!

Going into it, I had two goals:
1) Never slow down/stop to walk (like I did two years ago in both my last two 5k races)
2) Finish below 33 minutes.

I accomplished both goals!

Woo! I crossed the finish line at 32:18. That's 6 minutes faster than my previous best 5k road race!

I was fighting back tears at the starting line. I returned to running for personal reasons that I won't bother going into here, but five months ago, I couldn't even run a city block without getting winded. I was averaging a 14-15 minute pace -- and that's with constant breaks and mental blocks of "Can I do this? Why am I even doing this?"

This was also my first 5k race I ran on my own. (My husband -- a super lean, much faster run -- is usually running next to me and I'm struggling to keep up.) I can't believe I entered this race on my own. I usually choke up due to deep-rooted insecurities and fears.

Surprisingly, during the race, I felt confidence with my pacing and breathing the entire time. Heck, I was even passing people! I wasn't trying for a world record or even my best PR -- all I wanted to do was beat 33 minutes AND do so without stopping to breath. And I did! I was on cloud nine the rest of the day!!

OK, so you remember how I said the past two days have been an emotional roller coaster? Here's why.

Then came the Sunday after the race. I returned to the lakefront trail to run. I was halfway into my 4.5 mile run when I accidentally stepped onto a crack/split in the pavement on a curve, rolled my ankle and fell. I will be super honest: The first word out of my mouth is not appropriate to repeat here.

I limped over to a nearby bench, sat down for five minutes. Then the wave of fears came crashing through my brain: "No. This can't be happening. How am I going to make it back to the car? I'm still 2 miles away. No. I'm training for a 10k. What does this mean for my training? What am I going to do daily with my free time if I can't run?"

And then one silver lining popped up: "Well, at least you did this the day AFTER the race and not the day of or before."

When I got up from the bench, the ankle felt much better and I was actually able to finish the rest of my run (2 miles) back to the car!

So this was yesterday. I came home and iced it immediately. It's now a little swollen. Mild bruising. I'm resting, icing (20-30 minutes every few hours), elevating, etc.

I'll get right to it: Based on runners' experiences with ankle rolls/sprains, how long will I be out? Since I was able to run on it afterward, could this be minor and I'll be right back at it again in a few days or a week? Or is this going to set me back considerably? My only worry is that it is swollen and bruised.

abutcher2122 · January 2018

Clearly my phone hates me. I’ve now “posted” 2 different things and nothing shows up. Hopefully this does. If so yay, if not oh well. Iol

cburke8909 · January 2018

only 4.1 today. The temperatures were awesome almost 32, but the mist made for some black ice here and there and the lack of distance all month meant I felt my double digit run from Saturday even with the full rest day on Sunday. Hope to get the daily runs up to 6 or 7 by the end of the month but I will listen to my body and take it easy when I should.

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