February 2018 Running Challenge

10 km 12ft Davis Hill & Grouard Trail. It was an awkward temperature, -2C.
To cold for Shorts, T-shirt and Light coat.
To warm for Tights, Long Sleeve top, Light coat, gloves and toque.
Settled on my MEC Rock climbing pants, tech t-shirt, Light summer coat, fall gloves, ear band.
Was still venting hard on the hill climb and on the in-bound with the sun in my Face
Gee can you tell I enjoyed the run into the bright sunshine even though it was pushing my temp into Red Zone. Once I started back down the Hill it had cooled off by 2C, just enough to change the outbound Slush into Ice Marbles which made for interesting downhill running-sliding. Never fell and didn't do any superslider stretchs as I did a lot of Traction Hunting - crossing from one side to the other. Now to play with the Foam Roller and do a few gentle stretch's.
As part of the local Adult swim Club every 3rd swim day they do a dry-land session at the end. One of the ladies identified all 3 runners in the group just by our limited flexibility. She said we look like her hubby trying to stretch.
Missed Goal by 83 km but the last week has been good, with 35.4 km of the months 56.6 km.
Back on track for the April HM.

02/01 0.0 km – 0.0km –140.0 km – YTD 71.66 km
02/04 10.23 km –10.23km –129.77 km – Chilly Willy Race
02/09 11.00 km –21.23km –118.77 km
02/21 6.00 km –27.23km –112.77 km
02/24 10.00 km –37.23km –102.77 km
02/25 9.43 km –46.66km – 93.3 km
02/28 10.0 km –56.66km – 83.3 km – YTD 128.32 km 12 Ft Davis Hill-Grouard



Special Thanks to everyone who give Like's on MFP or Kudo's on Strava - etc.
A little goes a long way to keeping the motivation moving forward. To all those returning from injury YEA. See everyone in March Thread.

And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.

2/1 5miles
2/2 14.1miles!!
2/3 5miles
2/4 rest
2/5 6.5miles
2/6 4miles
2/7 9.03miles
2/8 7miles
2/9 13.1miles
2/10 rest
2/11 4miles
2/12 5miles
2/13 5miles
2/14 7miles
2/15 10miles
2/16 12miles
2/17 5miles
2/18 rest
2/19 6.95miles
2/20 5miles
2/21 9.11miles
2/22 5miles
2/23 14.25miles!
2/24 5miles
2/25 rest
2/26 5miles
2/27 6.56miles
2/28 6miles

Yesterday I ran with my husband. We did an easy 6 miles.

That ends the month at 171.96 miles. 1.96 miles above goal

See you in the March thread!

3/18/2018 Shamrock half marathon
10/7/2018 Crawlin Crab half marathon
11/18/2018 Norfolk Harbor half marathon

I had planned a 7 mile run while my son was in confirmation class, but on the way home I thought I felt just a faint something in my ITB. Considering the workout I got Saturday and the 8 mile run the night before, I decided the best thing I could do was skip my run and spend the time on a good glute workout instead.

If you are familiar with the Stravistix plugin (A web extension for Chrome only) which calculates your fitness, fatigue, and form based on your running, I'm in the "Overtraining" zone due to that 20 mile mud fest. Last nights rest put me back into the "Optimal" zone. I'm trying to use that as a guide for training.

I finished the month with just over 90 miles, 85 miles less than last February. I'm hopeful, however, that March will see my first triple digit total since April. I'm so far behind on my race training that my goal now is just to finish, rather than finish in the top half of the field. Even if I finish, I may repeat this race next year (rather than moving up to the next distance) just to improve my place. My two big races last year ended in great results for me and I don't think I'll be satisfied unless I can finish well.

02/27--3 miles
02/28--5 miles
Wrapped up the month with 57 miles. 3 miles short of the target, will try to stay on track for March!

abutcher2122 wrote: »

And that’s the month. Just got in 4.4mi of what I like to call Jazzercise Running. Lol. Finished the month with 104...gotta love running to deal with stress.

You mean like https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew this?