February 2018 Running Challenge

ddmom0811 · February 2018

3.5 very slow miles this morning. Woke up about 10 mins late (4:25am instead of 4:15am, lol) and debated even going. But then I remembered how much I'd hate myself for not going because I don't know what's happening after school today. So I cut my stretching routine short and headed out. You never regret exercise!

2/1 - Strength Training - S3-A
2/2 - Rest
2/3 - Rest
2/4 - Daytona Beach HM 13.1
2/5 - strength training S3-A (repeating it)
2/6 - strength training S3-B + 2.89 miles treadmill
2/7 - 4 miles + Strength training S3-C (arms)
2/8 - 3.5 miles + tbd

abutcher2122 · February 2018

Was hoping to get out and get in 5 miles; i think i turned off my alarm when it first went off cuz i woke up 2 hours later than i had planned but i did get in a slow and steady 5K

KatieJane83 · February 2018

I think I'm gonna have to suck it up and get on the dreaded dreadmill for today's run. Ugh. I used to be able to run miles on that thing, no big deal, and did most of my run training on it. Then I had an injury break, and when I came back I was doing the majority of my running outside, and now just the thought of the treadmill depresses me.

But, we have a frozen mess outside, and the temp will not be getting above freezing today, and I don't have screw shoes, and I don't want to risk injury. So, I'm planning on hitting the gym after work. Blah. BUT, gotta get the miles in!

Kudos to everyone's runs, pushing through tough conditions/circumstances, and just generally kicking *kitten*!

Mari33a · February 2018

02/02 3.71 miles
03/02 3.87 miles
06/02 3.61 miles - I got snowed on
08/02 3.61 miles - I felt very low on energy but it's because I've cut back on my calorie intake for the last few days in an effort to lose the 15 lbs I've gain since last Oct.

BruinsGal_91 · February 2018

It's definitely going to be a treadmill run for me tonight. We had freezing rain last night and the temperatures aren't going to get above freezing today. I'm not risking an outdoor run seeing as I've got a 5k race on Saturday morning.

2018 races completed

1/21/18 - Dreamfar 10k (5/23 age-group)

2018 races registered

2/10/18 - Cupid's Chase 5k, Wakefield MA
3/10/18 - Shamrock Shuffle 5k, Medway MA
4/8/18 - Holly Club Hustle 5k, Wrentham MA
5/13/18 - Strivers Mothers' Day 5k, Natick MA
5/19/18 - Martha's Vineyard Half Marathon, Oak Bluffs MA

lporter229 · February 2018

2/1-4.8 miles + 30 minutes strength training (back, chest, core)
2/2 33 min elliptical+yoga
2/3-9 miles w/ 7 @ tempo
2/4-12 miles easy
2/5-Rest Day
2/6-1.8 miles with Stella (under the weather)
2/7-6.5 miles

Yesterday was a snowy, icy mess around here. I managed to trudge through 6.5 miles at a surprisingly reasonable pace. Have to do it again for 5 tonight. Very limited in where I can safely run right now though. Looks like I will be looping through my office park again, since that's the safest place with the least amount of traffic. *sigh* Winter, please go away...

angmarie28 · February 2018

2/1/18-4 miles
2/5/18-3 miles
2/6/18-3 miles
2/7/18-3 miles

13/65 miles

Upcoming races:
5/12/18-Montana women's run, 5 miles
7/15/18-Missoula Marathon

Stoshew71 · February 2018

Date Miles today - Miles for February

2/1 REST DAY
2/2 REST DAY
2/3 REST DAY
2/4 REST DAY
2/5 REST DAY
2/6 6.2 miles - 6.2
2/7 REST DAY
2/8 6.2 miles - 12.4

Trying to build back up slowly.

Link2Life · February 2018

Question for ya'll (I'm the newbie here doing C25K). I wear a Garmin VIvoactive HR watch which records my heart rate and have premium Endomondo so I can see the zones i'm in. During my 20 minute run yesterday, my HR was hovering around 160bpm peaking around 175bpm. I was breathing fast but i never felt out of breath and I could've kept going. My max HR per the old calculation is 175 but i've gone over that and still didn't feel like I was close to expiring. (ha). My resting HR has dropped from about 65 to 60 since January 1.

So..should I slow down even more (i'm only going 5.2-5.5mph ) or not really fuss too much over the higher heart rate during my runs?

I could hook up my strap monitor to see if there's a variation but I've found my watch to fairly accurate, surprisingly, unless the treadmill is interfering....

Here's the stats from my 20 minute run

7lenny7 · February 2018

Yesterday I tried something different and brought my running gear to work and stopped on the way home to run. This saved me quite a bit of time since I tend to dawdle at home before going out to run. The downside is that I wasn't able to bring Kody with me. Perhaps what I need to do is bring my running gear to work, get completely ready to run, the go home just long enough to get him and go.

7 miles of trail running last night at a location I normally only run on weekends. Rookie mistake, I overdressed and was too warm initially, got sweaty, then got cold. The toes on my right foot even got numb, which rarely happens.

The conditions were near perfect. A recent 3 inch snowfall had filled in the ruts and covered the ice from a earlier melt & refreeze. This particular park is a huge chunk of woods in the middle of suburbia so there was enough ambient light that I didn't need to use my headlamp. I absolutely LOVE running with just the ambient light at night when I can so this was fantastic. The only thing which would have made it better would be if it were snowing at the time.

During the run I could hear the owls out. At one point I stopped and looked up and saw one right above me in a tree and it stayed there long enough for me to get a photo.

It's been a good winter for ice beards!

cburke8909 · February 2018

last minute treadmill run 3.25 miles recovery run

skippygirlsmom · February 2018

2/1 - 3 miles
2/2 - 0 miles
2/3 - 3.1 Mardi Gras 5K
2/4 - 0 miles family stuff
2/5 - 8 miles
2/6 - 3 miles
2/7 - 0 miles
2/8 - 6 miles

23 of 110 miles

RandJ6280 · February 2018

I'm back.... going s-l-o-w. Feet feel a bit better so we'll see how it goes.
My goal for the month is 24 miles.

BruinsGal_91 · February 2018

I just have to share this with my fellow running addicts.

My husband has sent me a tentative list of fun things we're planning for this year (concerts, vacations, etc). At the bottom it says, "can you fill in your race dates around these and we can put a schedule together". Bless him.

bride001 · February 2018

02/01/2018 - 4.01 miles
02/02/2018 - Rest Day
02/03/2018 - 4.11 miles
02/04/2018 - 2.01 miles
02/05/2018 - Unplanned Rest Day
02/06/2018 - Unplanned Rest Day/Rain
02/07/2018 - Rest Day
02/08/2018 - 3.02 miles

13.15/65 miles

Life and weather are happening and interfering with my run schedule. Today was first day out since Sunday afternoon. Cold and windy morning - temperatures in lower 40 F with feels like in upper 30 F. I was scheduled for 4 miles but woke up late and time only allowed 3 miles.

Life this week - daughter had to make a 3D model of a plant or animal cell, so we spent some of Monday and most of Tuesday night making a cake as her model. My son was running warm up mile at football yesterday during PE at school, another runner ran into him and now we are at the doctors office seeing if he has anything broken. Foot/ankle very swollen.

One of the races I was looking at in March I won’t be able to participate in. I had already purchased concert tickets the night before the race, so it is a no go.

I did catch up on the posts while at the doctors office.
@skippygirlsmom - I have always wanted to participate in a Run for God group, but I always thought they were geared toward new runners who are training for a 5K.
@PastorVincent - no elevation gain here in South Louisiana. Some races are actually at or below sea level. No hills or over passes close to my run route to have any elevation gain.

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 - ?

KatieJane83 · February 2018

Link2Life wrote: »

Question for ya'll (I'm the newbie here doing C25K). I wear a Garmin VIvoactive HR watch which records my heart rate and have premium Endomondo so I can see the zones i'm in. During my 20 minute run yesterday, my HR was hovering around 160bpm peaking around 175bpm. I was breathing fast but i never felt out of breath and I could've kept going. My max HR per the old calculation is 175 but i've gone over that and still didn't feel like I was close to expiring. (ha). My resting HR has dropped from about 65 to 60 since January 1.

So..should I slow down even more (i'm only going 5.2-5.5mph ) or not really fuss too much over the higher heart rate during my runs?

I could hook up my strap monitor to see if there's a variation but I've found my watch to fairly accurate, surprisingly, unless the treadmill is interfering....

Here's the stats from my 20 minute run

If you used the 220-age formula, I believe that's pretty much accepted as mostly useless. I believe it was a very general trend that was noticed by a couple of scientists in a study they were doing, but they never intended for it to be a benchmark for determining your max HR. A significant portion of the population falls above or below the number that formula spits out. For example, according to that mine would be 185 but I've definitely seen it hit 200, so either the formula is wrong or I'm dead, lol.

At your point I wouldn't worry about it too much, and would try to go more on perceived effort. You want a lot of your running effort to be at a conversational pace, where you could talk to someone or sing along to a song without dying.

As an example, from previous calculations I've done, using my estimated lactate threshold HR and resting HR, 160 puts me right around the top of my zone 2 (out of 5 zones).

7lenny7 · February 2018

Link2Life wrote: »

Question for ya'll (I'm the newbie here doing C25K). I wear a Garmin VIvoactive HR watch which records my heart rate and have premium Endomondo so I can see the zones i'm in. During my 20 minute run yesterday, my HR was hovering around 160bpm peaking around 175bpm. I was breathing fast but i never felt out of breath and I could've kept going. My max HR per the old calculation is 175 but i've gone over that and still didn't feel like I was close to expiring. (ha). My resting HR has dropped from about 65 to 60 since January 1.

So..should I slow down even more (i'm only going 5.2-5.5mph ) or not really fuss too much over the higher heart rate during my runs?

I could hook up my strap monitor to see if there's a variation but I've found my watch to fairly accurate, surprisingly, unless the treadmill is interfering....

Here's the stats from my 20 minute run

@Link2Life the simplest way to tell if you're running the right pace for an easy run (which I think should be about 75 to 80 percent of your running) is the conversation test. You're at the right pace if you can speak complete sentences without gasping for breath. If you can only get out 3 or 4 words, you're going to fast. Alternately, and what I like to do, is sing while you run. It can be just quiet enough that only you can hear or you can serenade the entire block, but sing your favorite song using the same criteria.

7lenny7 · February 2018

I forgot to mention in my run report above. That photo of me with my ice beard...I texted that to my son and what did he respond with?

"Stop, dad, you're scaring the children!"

rheddmobile · February 2018

7lenny7 wrote: »

Link2Life wrote: »

Question for ya'll (I'm the newbie here doing C25K). I wear a Garmin VIvoactive HR watch which records my heart rate and have premium Endomondo so I can see the zones i'm in. During my 20 minute run yesterday, my HR was hovering around 160bpm peaking around 175bpm. I was breathing fast but i never felt out of breath and I could've kept going. My max HR per the old calculation is 175 but i've gone over that and still didn't feel like I was close to expiring. (ha). My resting HR has dropped from about 65 to 60 since January 1.

So..should I slow down even more (i'm only going 5.2-5.5mph ) or not really fuss too much over the higher heart rate during my runs?

I could hook up my strap monitor to see if there's a variation but I've found my watch to fairly accurate, surprisingly, unless the treadmill is interfering....

Here's the stats from my 20 minute run

@Link2Life the simplest way to tell if you're running the right pace for an easy run (which I think should be about 75 to 80 percent of your running) is the conversation test. You're at the right pace if you can speak complete sentences without gasping for breath. If you can only get out 3 or 4 words, you're going to fast. Alternately, and what I like to do, is sing while you run. It can be just quiet enough that only you can hear or you can serenade the entire block, but sing your favorite song using the same criteria.

If I had followed that very common advice, I never would have run at all. For me at least, and I think for most beginner runners, there initially was no pace at which I could run and talk. I can run very slowly and talk now, after about six months, but I'm still not up to singing.

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