January 2018 Running Challenge
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1/1 - 4 miles
1/2 - 5 miles
1/3 - 5 miles
1/4 - rest day
1/5 - 6 miles
1/6 - Skip's indoor track and field meet
1/7 - 6 miles
1/8 - 0 had long work day
1/9 - 7 miles
1/10 - 6 miles
1/11 - 6 miles
1/12 - 0 miles rest day
1/13 - 0 miles life got in the way day
1/14 - 8 miles
1/15 - 0 miles - Skip had a meet
1/16 - 5 snowy miles with Skip
1/17 - 4 miles
1/18 - 0 had to get to work early and worked late
1/19 - 0 same as above
1/20 - 10 miles
1/21 - 4 miles
1/22 - 0 miles
1/23 - 8 miles
84 of 110 miles
So I was dying on my runs on Saturday and Sunday, couldn't run yesterday and was rewarded today with a wonderful 8 miler in 42F/5C. Felt so good I wish I had time for a bit more. Off to work.11 -
Date Miles today - Miles for January
1/1 REST DAY <<< traveling back from FL
1/2 6.2 miles - 6.2
1/3 REST DAY
1/4 6.5 miles - 12.7
1/5 5 miles - 17.7
1/6 10 miles - 27.7
1/7 REST DAY
1/8 REST DAY
1/9 7 miles - 34.7
1/10-14 LAZINESS
1/15 7 miles - 41.7
1/16 4.5 miles - 46.2
1/17 4.5 miles - 50.7
1/18 REST DAY
1/19 REST DAY
1/20 7 miles - 57.7
1/21 REST DAY
1/22 5 miles - 62.7
1/23 5.5 miles - 68.2
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon - 4/29 << 4:09:59
Upcoming races:
Oak Barrel Half Marathon - 4/7/18
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Did a quick 3.2 this morning. Upon returning home I noticed that a car parked next to my house had been broken into but thankfully this time it wasn’t mine. At first I didn’t feel bad cuz the person who drives it is a dick but I’ve had mine broken into twice so I know how much it sucks.5
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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
1/4- REST
1/5- 4.8
1/6- 8.1
1/7- 5.4
1/8- REST
1/9- 8.5
1/10- 6.7
1/11- REST
1/12- 9.3
1/13- 10
1/14- 6.6
1/15- REST
1/16- 4.9
1/17- 6.8
1/18- REST
1/19- 6.2
1/20= 14
1/21- REST
1/22- 7.3
Total: 113.1
Today's notes: After 2 days off in a row (that was weird) I was ready to go today. Assignment was 6x2:30 hill repeats with recovery being whatever it took to easy jog back to the bottom. Got up at 0415 and was running right around 0435. I took my warm up a little slower and only got in like 2.08 miles, but it's the warm up, so who cares, right?
Reps went well. I averaged 0.34 miles per 2:30 rep, and was pretty happy with that, as it was like 7:28 pace. I'm getting better at having a consistent pace during the reps. Average pace was only like 10sec different than best pace according to my garmin. Smoother transitions are helping it, I think. Clear/dry roads made me feel like I was cheating.
This run was supposed to be ha harder run, but I gave it like a 7/10 since coach asks for a rating, Starting to think I needed to call it a 6, since it really didn't seem all that hard, but that could just be the coffee talking. Also, at this point, if my intervals get any longer in duration, I'm going to have to find a different hill, I'm just about cresting at this point.
Have a Runderful day!
2018 races
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
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January goal - 35 miles
1/3 - 1.5 miles - put on my new fleece lined pants a couple of shirts, jacket, new buff & gloves and hit the street. It was 25 degrees. Not too bad, think i'll try it again tonight.
1/6 - 6.5 only 25 degrees, but great run. I can't believe how much more I like running in the cold than the heat.
1/7 - 2.5 warmer, 50 degrees, but a cool wind and I didn't bundle up enough for the first part.
1/9 - 2.0 miles
1/20 - 6.5 Spent a week resting my foot. Did just fine, and no after effects to the run.
Bought a new pair of running shoes, thought maybe getting back to rotating would be helpful. I know I tend to roll out when I run, so bought some that are supposed to help with that (who knows).
total so far - 194 -
1/1 - 4 treadmill miles on a way too cold day.
1/2 - Two flat tires doomed my chances of getting to the Y / gym.
1/3 - 4 more 'mill miles.
1/4 - 5.1 treadmill miles at Trek Class, then upper body weights.
1/5 - Unplanned rest day.
1/6 - 4 treadmill miles, then upper body weights.
1/7 - Another 4 on the 'mill. Finally could have run outside, but my son asks me to take him to the gym
1/8 - Nothing yet, but planning an odd (for me) evening run.
1/8 - 4.8 miles. First outdoor run in a while. Almost got hit by cars twice...people are stupid.
1/9 - Rest day.
1/10 - 5 miles outside...woot!
1/11 - Snow day (really?!?). Stayed home with kids, snuck to Y in late afternoon for 4 treadmill miles and some weights.
1/12 - Really sore in the low back, hips and knees. Gonna wait and see.
1/13 - 5 treadmill miles. Didn't hurt to run, but the rest of the day was very sore / stiff.
1/14 - Rest day.
1/15 - 10.5 "miles" on stationary bike, then upper body weights.
1/16 - Rest day.
1/17 - 10.5 miles on stationary bike and upper body weights.
1/18 - 4.5 treadmill miles at Trek Class. Didn't do the inclines as directed, will see how hip feels today.
1/19 - Rest day.
1/20 - 4.6 miles outside. Felt good during, but not so good later in the day
1/21 - 10.5 miles on stationary bike and upper body weights.
1/22 - Rest day.
1/23 - 4 treadmill miles at Trek Class. Again, took it easy on the inclines, and stopped about 10 minutes early.
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Congrats to those who ran and got wanted results - keep it up! And ouch for injured and sick - get well soon!
Was supposed to run on Sunday, but it was raining too much, didn't feel like getting soaked within 500 meters after starting. So went for a run yesterday, assignment was 30 minutes in easy HR zone (135-147 for me). Which resulted in a ridiculous pace of 9'20"/km (15'01"/mile). But at least I ran the whole time. Before I'd go over the limit even with that pace, so that's definitely an improvement. Getting better at running slower.
January goal: 30km
January 7 - 3.29/2.04 - 3.29/2.04
January 9 - 3.44/2.14 - 7.73/4.18
January 12 - 3.48/2.16 - 11.21/6.34
January 14 - 3.47/2.16 - 14.68/8.5
January 16 - 3.47/2.16 - 18.15/10.66
January 18 - 3.52/2.19 - 21.67/12.85
January 22 - 3.22/2.00 - 24.89/14.85
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01/02/2018: C25K W1D1
01/11/2018: C25K W1D2
01/15/2018: C25K W1D3
01/17/2018: C25K W2D1
01/19/2018: C25K W2D2
01/21/2018: C25K W2D3
01/23/2018: C25K W3D1
Felt so damn good this morning I had to run another 90 second interval and kicked up the mph another .5. I loved how that felt, even though I was out of breath! And that led to spontaneous smiling and tears; I suppose because it just feels so good to *finally* DO what I've wanted to DO and not spend my life sitting on the couch surfing Facebook feeling envious of everyone else. No one can stop me now! Have a great day everyone!
~ Link2Life19 -
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
1/22/18-5 miles
50/60 Miles
Upcoming Races:
5/12/18-Montana Womens Run-5 Miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon7 -
01/02/2018: C25K W1D1
01/11/2018: C25K W1D2
01/15/2018: C25K W1D3
01/17/2018: C25K W2D1
01/19/2018: C25K W2D2
01/21/2018: C25K W2D3
01/23/2018: C25K W3D1
Felt so damn good this morning I had to run another 90 second interval and kicked up the mph another .5. I loved how that felt, even though I was out of breath! And that led to spontaneous smiling and tears; I suppose because it just feels so good to *finally* DO what I've wanted to DO and not spend my life sitting on the couch surfing Facebook feeling envious of everyone else. No one can stop me now! Have a great day everyone!
~ Link2Life
AWESOME! You are doing awesome at C25K. Keep up the amazing running!3 -
01/02/2018: C25K W1D1
01/11/2018: C25K W1D2
01/15/2018: C25K W1D3
01/17/2018: C25K W2D1
01/19/2018: C25K W2D2
01/21/2018: C25K W2D3
01/23/2018: C25K W3D1
Felt so damn good this morning I had to run another 90 second interval and kicked up the mph another .5. I loved how that felt, even though I was out of breath! And that led to spontaneous smiling and tears; I suppose because it just feels so good to *finally* DO what I've wanted to DO and not spend my life sitting on the couch surfing Facebook feeling envious of everyone else. No one can stop me now! Have a great day everyone!
~ Link2Life
W00T! Well done!2 -
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
01/20/2018 - 3.10 miles
01/21/2018 - 3.58 miles
01/22/2018 - Rain out due to thunderstorms
01/23/2018 - 4.07 miles
44.56/75 miles
Great morning for a run - 41F. A little chilly for me but the run was awesome!
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 - ?7 -
Have been running a couple of miles here and there... Put in a total of 8 miles since I last reported.
Total 31/50 miles so far.6 -
1/18: --
1/19: --
1/20: --
1/21: --
1/22: 1.5
1/23: 3.5
1/24:
1/25:
1/26:
1/27:
1/28:
1/29:
1/30:
1/31:
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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 miles
01/23/18 - 5.5 miles
MTD: 68 miles
JAN GOAL: 80 miles
YTD: 68 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
A little tricky on the schedule fitting in 5.5 before work. Made for an earrrrrrly morning and limited snooze button attempts. Sidewalks were much better today, but still had to do some stop/start for spikes on/off. They are cheapies from Costco, so not sure if running on bare concrete is good for them. Gonna grab a few extra pairs to make sure I get through winter. Next year I'll see about investing in fancier ones.
Tomorrow is "track workout," so I'll run/recover laps at the park (a .33 mile loop) according to plan. Thursday and Friday I'm in LA with hubby. I have an early meeting Thursday, so will probably treadmill in the gym for the scheduled shorter run (3 miles), but Friday AM I hope to hit a beach path, or even better some of the mountainy/hilly things near Santa Monica. We'll see if the schedule allows. It would be great to get my long run in on a trail, since the weather will probably prohibit it in CO this weekend. Plus, a very busy weekend planned with Boy Scouts means getting the long run in on Friday will stress me out way less AND I can do my cross training on Saturday AM at the Y (new BodyPump release, I guess that's a thing?). Me and my measly biceps just do our best!
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Got in a 6 mile plus treadmill run today. Too wet to run outside though the temps were good. Legs felt better than yesterday.
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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!
1/20 5miles
1/21 rest
1/22 6.42miles
1/23 6.14miles
Well I was scheduled to run 5 miles. 4.5 miles in it started to rain. I ended up running all the way back to the gym instead of stopping at 5 miles. The rain wouldn’t have been bad except for the wind! It was making the rain pelt my face! At least it wasn’t cold.
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Runkeeper just sent me this... I started half marathon training at the end of March last year. I know I have more miles than they report because it doesn’t have any of my treadmill runs on there. Still it’s kinda cool.
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Runkeeper just sent me this... I started half marathon training at the end of March last year. I know I have more miles than they report because it doesn’t have any of my treadmill runs on there. Still it’s kinda cool.
Do you have a Premium? Nice overview and your mileage is awesome.0 -
Anyone know about raising money for charity... I'm thinking about raising money to help support one of my paras, who just got diagnosed with cancer. figure with 4 big races this year and the training for it, I could help out by setting up some sort of fund drive along with it.1
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/18 :::: 4.5 :::: 4.5
01/02/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 4.5
01/03/18 :::: 2.5 :::: 7.0
01/04/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 10.0
01/05/18 :::: 7.2 :::: 17.2
01/06/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
01/07/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 17.2
01/08/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 20.2
01/09/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 20.2
01/10/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 23.4
01/11/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 26.4
01/12/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 26.4
01/13/18 :::: 2.1 :::: 28.6
01/14/18 :::: 13.1 :::: 41.7
01/15/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 41.7
01/16/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 41.7
01/17/18 :::: 4.4 :::: 46.0
01/18/18 :::: 4.1 :::: 50.2
01/19/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.2
01/20/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.2
01/21/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 50.2
01/22/18 :::: 3.7 :::: 53.9
01/23/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 56.9
Working from home today, I saw the sun had come out and checked the temp on my phone and it said 51 degrees. Awesome! I changed and went out for a short run. Immediately I felt the wind picking up and could see the dark clouds in the distance. By the time I was about a mile in, the winds were tough it was pelting me with debris and some rain. Fortunately it stayed with only light rain and on the way back the wind was behind me, but I was glad to get back home. Now it says 39 degrees (and is headed down to 20s). I think I misjudged my window a little bit - should have been out 30 minutes earlier. Oh well, it's done.
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I have 6 easy miles on tap for this evening. It's 36 degrees, windy and raining. I find this to be among the most unpleasant running weather. I am trying to decide if it's worth hitting the dreadmill. Either way, I am not looking forward to this run.6
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lporter229 wrote: »I have 6 easy miles on tap for this evening. It's 36 degrees, windy and raining. I find this to be among the most unpleasant running weather. I am trying to decide if it's worth hitting the dreadmill. Either way, I am not looking forward to this run.
@lporter229 I agree 100% what awful weather.0 -
MNLittleFinn wrote: »Anyone know about raising money for charity... I'm thinking about raising money to help support one of my paras, who just got diagnosed with cancer. figure with 4 big races this year and the training for it, I could help out by setting up some sort of fund drive along with it.
@MNLittleFinn take a look at classy.org2 -
Tried out the hamstring with an easy 4 mi road run after getting beat up by my PT yesterday. She suspects that I might have a fallen cuboid bone on my foot and did some weird procedure to get it back in place. Apparently it is really rare, and she called the other PT over to feel my foot.
The run didn't go too badly. I might try some hills tomorrow so we'll see if that goes OK too. Been foam rolling like a fiend all week.
Jan 1 Travel day
Jan 2 Ran 4 mi + strength and stretching
Jan 3 Ran 3.4 mi + strength and stretching
Jan 4 Fail
Jan 5 Walked 18000 steps at Universal Studios
Jan 6 Fail because flight was delayed
Jan 7 Ran 8.0 mi trail and snow + strength and stretching
Jan 8 Ran 12.4 mi in slush + strength and stretching
Jan 9 Water walking + strength
Jan 10 Ran 6.2 mi + strength + stretching
Jan 11 Ran 4.0 mi + stretching
Jan 12 Rest
Jan 13 Ran 10.1 mi + stretching
Jan 14 Ran 10.0 mi + stretching
Jan 15 Water walking + strength + stretching
Jan 16 Ran 4.0 mi on indoor track, last 1 mi fast
Jan 17 Ran 7.0 mi + yoga + foam rolling
Jan 18 Ran 4.0 mi + foam rolling + stretching
Jan 19 Water walking
Jan 20 Night Half Marathon + extra warm up (13.7 mi total) + foam rolling + stretching
Jan 21 Power hike on pavement (counted 2.5 mi because weight bearing at high HR)
Jan 22 Water walking + PT+ foam rolling
Jan 23 Ran 4.0 mi + stretching + foam rolling
Jan goal: 120 mi
Done: 92.3 mi
To go: 27.2 mi
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01/01/2018 - 3.0 miles @ 9:15
01/02/2018 - 6.5 MPH and 4% Grade for 1 hour
01/03/2018 - 6.5 MPH For 8 Miles at 4% grade
01/04/2018 - 6.7 MPH For 8 Miles at 4% grade
01/05/2018 - 6.8 MPH For 8 Miles at 4% grade
01/06/2018 - Rest
01/07/2018 - Rest - Family Time
01/08/2018 - 7.0 MPH for 7 miles at 4% grade
01/09/2018 - 10 miles @ 8:58 pace
01/10/2018 - *grumble grumble meetings*
01/11/2018 - 11 miles @ 8:34 pace
01/12/2018 - *grumble* *grumble*
01/13/2018 - 7.0 MPH for 7 miles at 4.25% grade
01/14/2018 - 11 miles @ 9:46 pace - in the snow.
01/15/2018 - 7.0 MPH for 6 miles at 4.5% grade
01/16/2018 - *grumble grumble*
01/17/2018 - 7.0 MPH for 10.3 miles at 4% grade
01/18/2018 - 7.0 MPH for 9 miles at 4% grade
01/19/2018 - Rest
01/20/2018 - 20 miles @ 9:22 average pace
01/21/2018 - Meetings
01/22/2018 - 8.8 miles I think. Forgot to start Garmin
01/23/2018 - 10 miles @ 9:31
Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Sub 4 hours in Pittsburgh 2018!
Official Marathon PR: 4:11:28
Next Races (more as I find them):
03/17/18 - Shamrock Shuffle Half Marathon
05/06/18 - Pittsburgh Marathon - aiming for sub four hours.
05/12/18 - Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Ultra (I must hate myself)
2020 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)5 -
You know how they say a bad day fishing still better than being at the office? Well, today's run was just about that! LOL.
I was tired before I started. The temp was falling, it was raining, and 15 mph winds. But I went anyways. I did put the hot toes on my socks. PRO-TIP: If you put them on backwards they actually cover more of your toes I am not convinced they are as warm as the handwarmers but they worked for today at least. More experimentation needed.
I felt like I was going incredibly slow, I figured I would have an 11 min pace or something when I got home, but looks like I hit 9:33, which is not as fast as I would like to be at that distance, but a far cry from 11.
Strangly.. I did no see any other runners out.
but I did almost get hit by someone reading a cell phone screen. Ah well. I saw them and was able to dodge succesfully.
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@MobyCarp congrats on the award and check, but an even bigger congrats on the quad progress
@rheddmobile the nature encounter sounds very cool!
@_nikkiwolf_ once a shoe is screwed you wouldn't want to use them on pavement, but the shoe can be unscrewed and use normally. Use screw shoes on pavement is so much uncomfortable as it is annoyingly noisy. It's rare I use screw shoes. In my first two winters I used them maybe 3 or 4 times. I used them last night for the first time this winter but I don't think I needed to.
12 more pages to read to be caught up...4 -
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
1/14 - 9.5 miles
1/17 - 4.0 miles
1/20 - 4.6 miles
1/21 - 9. 5 miles
1/23 - 3.1 miles (intervals)
65/ 75 miles completed
I finally came up with a HM training plan using the advice I have learned here and modifying a few plans I have seen online, so my HM training has officially begun. I also did some interval training today for the first time in a while. I hope the training plan is good, but honestly as long as I can completed the distance I'll be happy.
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