January 2018 Running Challenge

juliet3455 · January 2018

@starflight Temperature is relative to your " Normal Avg Temp" -13C for me is cool, its only 2 layers plus a wind shell. My Sunday 4 Feb Chilly Willy Event promises to live up to it's name. The forecast A mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of flurries. High -18C. Clear. Low -20C. 3 layers plus ???

PastorVincent wrote: »

mamabear10717 wrote: »

PastorVincent wrote: »

mamabear10717 wrote: »

@Stoshew71 will there be a new challenge for February 2018?!

Yes, soon. When it is up it will be linked in this thread.

Fab! Thank you @PastorVincent will it be easy to find? The initial thread says you have miss 50 posts in a day! Ha

It will be called:
February 2018 Running Challenge

And there will be a link in this thread to it. Most people seem to find it pretty easiliy

@mamabear10717 and if you miss it we will - in good humor - redirect you to the new thread.
Of course there's always the challenge to see who gets to post first in the new month - a little clickbait there

@MNLittleFinn I didn't notice when Strava made the change but they probably had people complaining about accuracy.

karllundy · January 2018

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.
1/24 - Planned to head to gym for stationary and weights...overslept, as did my kids...ugh!
1/25 - 5 miles outside. Will see how my hip feels later today.
1/26 - 10.5 miles on stationary bike and upper body weights.
1/27 - 5 miles outside.
1/28 - 10.2 miles on stationary bike and upper body weights. Apparently, I slowed down.
1/29 - Woke up with crazy low back and hip pain. Subsided with movement, but not sure what's up. Gone now. Maybe it isn't a running issue and I need a new bed

1/30 - 4.15 treadmill miles at Trek Class. Easy on the inclines. Again, back stiff and sore first thing in the morning, not while running, and a little bit as I sit at my desk. Sorry for the whine.

Stoshew71 · January 2018

Here's Feb's Challenge....

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638437/february-2018-running-challenge

7lenny7 · January 2018

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I didn't even notice until you mentioned it, but considering the accuracy of the GPS units and the pinging frequency, it's a bit silly to carry out that far. I guess it gives the *perception* of greater accuracy.

@rheddmobile those heatmap traces you see in areas that you never see runners and wouldn't' expect the walkers you see to use Strava might very well be from folks in cars who forgot to stop their watches. The heatmap shows tracks on interstates from people driving with their watches tracking but it looks like it's more the bikers than the runners.

@HonuNui sorry to hear about your spill, it looks like that will sting! Congrats on the great race though!! My goal is to place in a race someday. I need to start looking for smaller races.

@PastorVincent are you planning on training on trails before your 50k?
@karllundy I hope you get that back sorted out soon.
@Stoshew71 I hope you beat that bug quickly!
Great race, @polskagirl01 ! What a beautiful place for a race!

MobyCarp · January 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

It appears winter has returned

(that is in F not C for non-US folks)

A moderate amount of white cross-training equipment was delivered to my driveway overnight.

zdyb23456 · January 2018

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
1/24 7miles
1/25 8.18miles
1/26 5miles
1/27 13.1miles!
1/28 rest
1/29 6.6miles
1/30 5miles

Nice easy run this morning. Tried to keep my heart rate down. Ran through a new park by a different YMCA. Pretty nice. I finished just before the rain started and now it is snowing!

Going to catch up on the thread and figure out my February goal!

MobyCarp · January 2018

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

HonuNui · January 2018

@HonuNui sorry to hear about your spill, it looks like that will sting! Congrats on the great race though!! My goal is to place in a race someday. I need to start looking for smaller races.

@7lenny7

...helps to be older than dirt......

MNLittleFinn · January 2018

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

That was my issue with it. When a lot of runs show up as XX.Y8 or XX.Y7 on Garmin and get chopped to XX.Y, there's definitely some mileage loss in the long run.

7lenny7 · January 2018

Strava responds to the recent heatmap issue:

https://blog.strava.com/press/a-letter-to-the-strava-community/?utm_source=strava&utm_medium=dorado

MobyCarp · January 2018

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

That was my issue with it. When a lot of runs show up as XX.Y8 or XX.Y7 on Garmin and get chopped to XX.Y, there's definitely some mileage loss in the long run.

When I looked at the totals, it was apparent Strava was keeping the XX.Y7 and XX.Y8 in the background, because weekly or monthly totals would tie to corresponding Garmin totals, chopped to the tenth. That's what made the display so annoying; if you're going to give me credit for the distance Garmin says, then round. 2.998 miles is better represented as 3.0 miles than as 2.9 miles as Strava formerly displayed.

PastorVincent · January 2018

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

That was my issue with it. When a lot of runs show up as XX.Y8 or XX.Y7 on Garmin and get chopped to XX.Y, there's definitely some mileage loss in the long run.

When I looked at the totals, it was apparent Strava was keeping the XX.Y7 and XX.Y8 in the background, because weekly or monthly totals would tie to corresponding Garmin totals, chopped to the tenth. That's what made the display so annoying; if you're going to give me credit for the distance Garmin says, then round. 2.998 miles is better represented as 3.0 miles than as 2.9 miles as Strava formerly displayed.

I looked at my older runs and they are all 2 digits now so they must have the info all along and just changed the display.

For the same run:

Garmin 10.01
Strava 10.00
Runkeeper 9.98

So they are all playing some kind of games with the numbers

I figure at the distances I am running. even .1 miles is not meaningful so I ignore it. *shrugs*

7lenny7 · January 2018

The effect trees and buildings have on your GPS, and the pinging frequency the GPS is set to, means your total on Strava or Garmin will never be accurate to the nearest tenth of a mile or km, much less the nearest hundredth. The longer the run, the greater the error.

If you want to geek out on real life testing of running GPS accuracy:

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/GPS_Accuracy

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
1/22/18-5 miles
1/24/18-2 miles
1/25/18-6 miles
1/26/18-2 miles
1/28/18-9.25 miles
1/29/18-3 miles

72.25/60 Miles

I think this is the most I have ever ran in a month.
doing the "you vs the year" challenge those stats are

116/1018km or 72.25/632.5 miles

Upcoming Races:
5/12/18-Montana Women's Run-5 Miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon

ddmm2013 · January 2018

weat0043 · January 2018

Jan. 30 - 6.9km first day of 10k training, doing it just to build up endurance, no races planned. It's W9D1 on the couch to 10k by Zen Labs. It was tough but I did it- 10 mins run 1 mins walk x4

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 miles
01/23/18 - 5.5 miles
01/24/18 - 4 miles (10 x 400) + some
01/25/18 - 4 miles (hotel treadmill)
01/26/18 - 7 miles (AT THE M'FN OCEAN)
01/27/18 - Cross Train Less Mills BodyPump Oh my Aching Tiny Biceps
01/28/18 - Rest (and a headcold)
01/29/18 - 3 miles (on little sleep and a headcold and my watch battery died about 1 minute into the run)
01/30/18 - 5.9 miles

MTD: 87.9 miles
JAN GOAL: 80 miles

YTD: 87.9 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

Took some Nyquil last night around 7:30 and was sound asleep by 8. Was not content at all with the 4am alarm clock, but made it out by 4:30. Still had time to cook my boy kid breakfast and pack lunches. I work from home on Tuesdays, so I don't need to spend any time getting pretty for the office.

Weirdest encounter on my run today. I never see anyone. Like, ever. Maybe when it's warm out there's a biker who sometimes passes me. He listens to his music very loudly. Anyway, I'm running along the sidewalk in this super suburban area, but along a busy-ish street. I have never ever ever encountered another pedestrian on my runs. This stretch is always before 5am, so we're talking verrrryyyy early. It's not on a public transportation route or anything, and this stretch has a golf course/retaining wall to my right and the road to my left.

It takes a minute to realize there's a person walking toward me. Maybe 50 yards. I'm kind of in the middle of this large sidewalk, so I move to the right. Well, the person moves so that they are directly in front of me again. So, I move toward the middle/left of the path...and they move again. So now I'm kind of in panic mode. I left my pepper spray at home so now I'm kind of getting very heart-thumpy. The smart me probably should have turned around? I dunno. So I just stopped running and let the person pass. It was nothing nefarious--just weird--and maybe the gut check I needed to be more proactive about my safety.

RunsOnEspresso · January 2018

PastorVincent wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

That was my issue with it. When a lot of runs show up as XX.Y8 or XX.Y7 on Garmin and get chopped to XX.Y, there's definitely some mileage loss in the long run.

When I looked at the totals, it was apparent Strava was keeping the XX.Y7 and XX.Y8 in the background, because weekly or monthly totals would tie to corresponding Garmin totals, chopped to the tenth. That's what made the display so annoying; if you're going to give me credit for the distance Garmin says, then round. 2.998 miles is better represented as 3.0 miles than as 2.9 miles as Strava formerly displayed.

I looked at my older runs and they are all 2 digits now so they must have the info all along and just changed the display.

For the same run:

Garmin 10.01
Strava 10.00
Runkeeper 9.98

So they are all playing some kind of games with the numbers I figure at the distances I am running. even .1 miles is not meaningful so I ignore it. *shrugs*

This is my biggest issue with Nike. No matter what watch I use, it always is .01 less in Nike. So if I stop at 6.45, Nike posts it as 6.44. I will run/walk a bit more to get a nice number and Nike ruins it. Otherwise I'd have to stop my watch at 6.46 to get 6.45 in Nike but then my watch is all messed up. And yes, I may have some OCD issues.

fitoverfortymom · January 2018

@polskagirl01 Great picture and excellent accomplishment. You look amazing!

PastorVincent · January 2018

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

PastorVincent wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

MNLittleFinn wrote: »

Somehow I missed it. When did Strava start reporting mileage decimals to the hundredths place?

I just noticed this yesterday. I wasn't bothered by reports in tenths, but I didn't like the way Strava chopped insted of rounding. It was annoying to see something that rounded to 3.00 miles on Garmin show up as 2.9 miles on Strava.

That was my issue with it. When a lot of runs show up as XX.Y8 or XX.Y7 on Garmin and get chopped to XX.Y, there's definitely some mileage loss in the long run.

When I looked at the totals, it was apparent Strava was keeping the XX.Y7 and XX.Y8 in the background, because weekly or monthly totals would tie to corresponding Garmin totals, chopped to the tenth. That's what made the display so annoying; if you're going to give me credit for the distance Garmin says, then round. 2.998 miles is better represented as 3.0 miles than as 2.9 miles as Strava formerly displayed.

I looked at my older runs and they are all 2 digits now so they must have the info all along and just changed the display.

For the same run:

Garmin 10.01
Strava 10.00
Runkeeper 9.98

So they are all playing some kind of games with the numbers I figure at the distances I am running. even .1 miles is not meaningful so I ignore it. *shrugs*

This is my biggest issue with Nike. No matter what watch I use, it always is .01 less in Nike. So if I stop at 6.45, Nike posts it as 6.44. I will run/walk a bit more to get a nice number and Nike ruins it. Otherwise I'd have to stop my watch at 6.46 to get 6.45 in Nike but then my watch is all messed up. And yes, I may have some OCD issues.

Personally, I just go by my watch display and assume everything else is wrong. It may or may not be correct, but eh, its what I have when I am actually out there running.

Purplebunnysarah · January 2018

1/1 - 5.0 km
1/2 - 5.1 km
1/3 - strength + walk
1/4 - 5.7 km
1/5 - walk
1/6 - 8.1 km
1/7 - rest
1/8 - strength plus core
1/9 - 5.8 km
1/10 - strength plus core
1/11 - 5.5 km
1/12 - rest
1/13 - 10.4 km
1/14 - rest
1/15 - rest
1/16 - 5.8 km
1/17 - 3.2 km
1/18 - 5.4 km
1/19 - strength
1/20 - 6.3 km
1/21 - strength
1/22 - rest
1/23 - 5.0 km
1/24 - 3.0 km
1/25 - 4.2 km
1/26 - piddly bit of strength training
1/27 - 6.9 km
1/28 - rest
1/29 - light cross-training
1/30 - 6.7 km

92.1/80 km (stretch goal 100 km)

Gym again. I'm scheduled to audit someone at 4pm today but normally work 8-4, so I went to the gym and then in to work for 10. I plan to head home as soon as the audit is done, though. Trying to burn off vacation time by the end of March.

I have one more run scheduled for this month but I've already blown way past my goal. Supposed to be -20 with decent windchill tomorrow morning and get colder as the day goes on. As it's only supposed to be a short run I will just suck it up and brave the cold. Probably be stuck indoors for the rest of my runs this week.

Upcoming Races:
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5K
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10K
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 15K
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon 10K
9/2/18 MEC Trail Race #4 10K
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15K

BrookeRunningMom · January 2018

taking tomorrow off, so I was able to pass my goal of 85 miles for January and did 87 !

I have my 3 month ultrasound tomorrow so excited to see baby !!!

PastorVincent · January 2018

mamabear10717 wrote: »

@PastorVincent thank you!

New thread is up...click to go see it

February 2018 Running Challenge

ceciliaslater · January 2018

3.75 miles and half a step class today. Lots of meetings! And now I'm off to my going-away party at work.

Need 4.7 miles tomorrow to hit 100 for the month...

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
1/14/18 - 8.00 miles
1/17/18 - 5.00 miles
1/18/18 - 5.00 miles
1/19/18 - 7.00 miles
1/21/18 - 6.25 miles
1/22/18 - 3.10 miles + Power Pump class
1/23/18 - Step class
1/24/18 - 5.65 miles
1/25/18 - 3.50 miles + Step class
1/27/18 - 10.00 miles
1/28/18 - 4.75 miles
1/29/18 - 5.30 miles
1/30/18 - 3.75 miles

Total: 95.3 miles / 60 mile goal

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
1/23 = rest day
1/24 = 9 miles
1/25 = 3 miles
1/26 = 12 miles
1/27 = rest day
1/28 = 12 miles (run / walk intervals with the group)
1/29 = 3 miles and 40 minutes strength training
1/30 = 6 miles

January Goal = 140 miles / total miles = 165

rusgolden · January 2018

My new goal for Feb is to attempt to do a better job at staying on top of the running group thread... that is going to be a lofty goal!! This month I have only had a chance to check in a few times and here I am now, selfishly looking for some advice...

I am currently in week 7 of the Hal Higdon Intermediate 1 of his marathon training plan. Our church has also decided to start up a running group/club whatever you want to call it with group runs on Sunday mornings at 7. Sundays have also been my long-run day. I am training for my 1st full marathon in mid-April and don't want to jeopardize that, but I also would like to participate in the group runs. I was thinking about then doing my long run on Sat and use the group run as more of a recovery run... what say ye? If that sounds good, then trying to figure out how I should handle the rest of the week. Currently Mon and Fri are non-run days, Tues and Thurs are shorter 3-5 mile runs, Wed and Sat are 5-8 mile runs, and Sun 9-20 mile runs. If I am using Sun as recovery run day, would it be acceptable to make Thur a non-run day and move my weekend runs to Fri-Sat?

Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated.

katharmonic · January 2018

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
01/24/18 :::: 3.0 :::: 59.9
01/25/18 :::: 0.0 :::: 59.9
01/26/18 :::: 2.7 :::: 62.6
01/27/18 :::: 8.2 :::: 70.9
01/28/18 :::: 4.4 :::: 75.3
01/29/18 :::: 3.2 :::: 78.4
01/30/18 :::: 3.1 :::: 81.5
Goal = 93 miles (3 miles/day average)

It's been snowing all day (welcome back to reality) so I hit the treadmill at the Y. I'm out of the mood to try to run in bad footing on the streets or sidewalks. So glad I did a run group workout last night when it was still clear out there.

MobyCarp · January 2018

January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – rest/injury
1/2 – rest/injury
1/3 – rest/injury
1/4 – rest/injury
1/5 – rest/injury
1/6 – 1.59 test run
1/7 – rest day
1/8 – 2.01 easy
1/9 – rest day
1/10 – 3.00 easy
1/11 – rest day
1/12 – rest day
1/13 – unplanned rest day
1/14 – 3.04 easy
1/15 – rest day
1/16 – 4.68 easy
1/17 – rest day
1/18 – 5.17 easy
1/19 – rest day
1/20 – 3.01 group run
1/21 – 3.01 easy
1/22 – rest day
1/23 – 4.13 warm up, tempo run, cool down
1/24 – rest day
1/25 – 4.60 easy
1/26 – rest day
1/27 – 6.76 partly paced run
1/28 – 4.23 easy
1/29 – rest day
1/30 – 4.02 easy
1/31 – rest day

January running total to date – 49.25

Nominal challenge goal: No specific distance

Real goals: Start January getting back to running regularly. Finish January in base building mode, giving myself a chance to start and complete Boston 2018.

Today's notes – Winter returned. Mild temperatures for the last week or so had made most of the snow melt; but we got more overnight. Shoveled the driveway about 10 this morning, and it stayed clear enough for me to run at 3 this afternoon. Temperature was 18º F (-8º C) with what Garmin claims was a 14 mph WNW wind. The wind actually shifted to more WSW early in my run.

I had been concerned that the cold would make my quad ache more, so I thought 3 to 5 miles, depending on how I felt. To my surprise, early in the run the quad felt closer to normal than it has since this whole mess started! At that point, I thought 5 miles; but after a couple miles the quad returned to the baseline of ache that I've had recently. Still, it's nice that I could be more concerned about temperature, footing, and traffic than my leg. Traffic got me to turn off the major roads a bit earlier than I might have otherwise; I could not help thinking that many drivers won't be looking for an idiot out running in the snow. So I had slightly worse footing for the last mile or so, and got to 4 miles just past my driveway. That would have to be good enough.

Today is my last running day of January. I didn't get to 50 miles, but I did get a nice week's worth of miles. It just took me a month to get them in. I see progress in recovery, which is slower than I'd like; but it's better than staying still or going backwards. This will just have to be good enough for January. Now to think about February goals.

2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY)
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)

rheddmobile · January 2018

Jan 30: 5 miles

Nice but chilly five on trails. We had four scheduled but did five to get a nice round number for the month. My gosh darned knee is still a little bit out, which isn't so bad on roads but makes me pick up my foot clumsily which is tricky on trails.

A man at our park has a cat he walks on a leash! She's a very nice cat, she's a Savannah which is part serval cat. Apart from being spotted she looks like a perfectly ordinary cat, but when she opens her mouth she doesn't sound like one - she has a husky sort of growly voice. She walks along the railing of the boardwalk instead of on the boardwalk itself. She will also come when called, very unlike our cats.

That's it for me for January, see you on the February thread!

garygse · January 2018

Today's run consisted of a five-mile warm up before meeting up with the group and pushing out another five miles. The group seems to be dwindling in size, with people either out sick, injured, or moving away from the state, so it'll be nice when there's more people again. Once the group run was over, I did one final lap around the area to take my run over eleven miles.

The shin is still pain-free.

I think tomorrow morning, I'll forego the long walk and do a "supermoon" slow run instead, to allow me to introduce more running days back to my schedule.

01 - 4.98
04 - 4.11
06 - 5.48
08 - 5.50
20 - 8.89
23 - 10.44
25 - 10.01
26 - 13.13
30 - 11.36

Total: 73.90 / 40 miles

January 2018 Running Challenge

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