November 2018 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    I am in the 100 mile club again for November. I ran 120 miles in October and would have run more if not for temporary sidelining.

    What have I done for my future self?


    I became a healthy weight from morbidly obese.

    I started running and lifting weights.

    I am furthering my education.

    @hanlonsk Thank you for the recommendation and for tagging me here as I had not seen this thread yet.

    @Avidkeo I hear you. I used to wear a 44F. I lost 115 pounds (found 15 of them again) and now wear a 38C.

    Oh I wish I was a C! 32f is frustrating cause apparently you aren't supposed to have big boobs if you are a size 10/12. Grrr. I started as a G at my heaviest so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. If I had a spare 15k, I'd get a reduction. Fortunately I don't get any medical problems from them - or unfortunately cause if I did then I'd be covered.

    I imagine it is a ridiculous frustration for you. I have other issues that may be too graphic for the men here. I hate how certain things are and are not covered by insurance. But that's a whole other thing.

    Ya know.... You could still share and put a tmi warning. And use the spoiler option. I'm not squeamish and am an aging female. Or we could just create a thread for running females, men enter at their own risk :wink:

    I really wish ladies would stop assuming this about men. It is just silliness. Seriously. Its like on the TV show when they show the guy scared to by tampons. For real? Dude they are just sponges with a string on them. Whatever.

    My husband buys them for me when I ask. When he's confused about brand etc he takes pictures and texts them to me.

    Haha! I wouldn't dare. He'd bring home adult diapers or something!
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    I am in the 100 mile club again for November. I ran 120 miles in October and would have run more if not for temporary sidelining.

    What have I done for my future self?


    I became a healthy weight from morbidly obese.

    I started running and lifting weights.

    I am furthering my education.

    @hanlonsk Thank you for the recommendation and for tagging me here as I had not seen this thread yet.

    @Avidkeo I hear you. I used to wear a 44F. I lost 115 pounds (found 15 of them again) and now wear a 38C.

    Oh I wish I was a C! 32f is frustrating cause apparently you aren't supposed to have big boobs if you are a size 10/12. Grrr. I started as a G at my heaviest so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. If I had a spare 15k, I'd get a reduction. Fortunately I don't get any medical problems from them - or unfortunately cause if I did then I'd be covered.

    I imagine it is a ridiculous frustration for you. I have other issues that may be too graphic for the men here. I hate how certain things are and are not covered by insurance. But that's a whole other thing.

    Ya know.... You could still share and put a tmi warning. And use the spoiler option. I'm not squeamish and am an aging female. Or we could just create a thread for running females, men enter at their own risk :wink:

    I really wish ladies would stop assuming this about men. It is just silliness. Seriously. Its like on the TV show when they show the guy scared to by tampons. For real? Dude they are just sponges with a string on them. Whatever.

    My husband buys them for me when I ask. When he's confused about brand etc he takes pictures and texts them to me.

    Haha! I wouldn't dare. He'd bring home adult diapers or something!

    Only time mine did that was immediately after I gave birth. LOL.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    sarahthes wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    I am in the 100 mile club again for November. I ran 120 miles in October and would have run more if not for temporary sidelining.

    What have I done for my future self?


    I became a healthy weight from morbidly obese.

    I started running and lifting weights.

    I am furthering my education.

    @hanlonsk Thank you for the recommendation and for tagging me here as I had not seen this thread yet.

    @Avidkeo I hear you. I used to wear a 44F. I lost 115 pounds (found 15 of them again) and now wear a 38C.

    Oh I wish I was a C! 32f is frustrating cause apparently you aren't supposed to have big boobs if you are a size 10/12. Grrr. I started as a G at my heaviest so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. If I had a spare 15k, I'd get a reduction. Fortunately I don't get any medical problems from them - or unfortunately cause if I did then I'd be covered.

    I imagine it is a ridiculous frustration for you. I have other issues that may be too graphic for the men here. I hate how certain things are and are not covered by insurance. But that's a whole other thing.

    Ya know.... You could still share and put a tmi warning. And use the spoiler option. I'm not squeamish and am an aging female. Or we could just create a thread for running females, men enter at their own risk :wink:

    I really wish ladies would stop assuming this about men. It is just silliness. Seriously. Its like on the TV show when they show the guy scared to by tampons. For real? Dude they are just sponges with a string on them. Whatever.

    My husband buys them for me when I ask. When he's confused about brand etc he takes pictures and texts them to me.

    I do that with all things in the store. She will say "Get THIS SPECIFIC THING" and it will SOUND really specific, but then I get there and there are like 5 slightly different things that fit the exact description. So send the pictures I do! Cell phones with cameras are a Godsend for people like me that are not detail oriented.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,209 Member
    @orphia and @ContraryMaryMary a virtual run in NZ over Christmas for autism. It looks like you can do it from aus as well https://www.greatestvirtualrunnz.com/product-page/12-days-of-christmas-challenge
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,780 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    @orphia and @ContraryMaryMary a virtual run in NZ over Christmas for autism. It looks like you can do it from aus as well https://www.greatestvirtualrunnz.com/product-page/12-days-of-christmas-challenge

    Ooh, looks good. Never done a virtual run before. Thinking 60km (it is a mad time of the year...)
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,209 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    @orphia and @ContraryMaryMary a virtual run in NZ over Christmas for autism. It looks like you can do it from aus as well https://www.greatestvirtualrunnz.com/product-page/12-days-of-christmas-challenge

    Ooh, looks good. Never done a virtual run before. Thinking 60km (it is a mad time of the year...)

    I'm challenging myself, doing the 90...
  • AprilRN10
    AprilRN10 Posts: 548 Member
    Ya'll cracking me up with the tmi/male/female/tampon conversation.

    My man buys them. He even knows exactly which ones I want.
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,558 Member
    edited November 2018
    fgsn wrote: »
    I'd like to join if it isn't too late! I'm starting a 20 week training program for my first ever half marathon this month! I've only ever done a 5K, so I'm excited to see how this will go :) (am I being too ambitious?)

    20 weeks to train for a HM isn't overly ambitious, as long as you follow a reasonable plan and are consistent with it.
    Welcome to the group and good luck!

    ETA: Welcome also @taotatoes and any other newbies I missed in the last few days.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    AprilRN10 wrote: »
    Ya'll cracking me up with the tmi/male/female/tampon conversation.

    My man buys them. He even knows exactly which ones I want.

    I'm not married, or even co-habitating... so not something I worry about. However, I would think sending the description and UPC number would be easiest for something that is normally purchased and being replaced.
  • polskagirl01
    polskagirl01 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Test 10/29 - run 10.1k
    10/30 - bike 11.2k, run 3.7k (5×400@5k; 5×300@recovery)
    10/31 - bike 10.2k
    11/1 - run 7.2k
    11/2 - rest
    11/3 - run 5.1k
    11/4 -


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    Upcoming races:
    November 11: City Trail Independence Day 5k
    December 8: City Trail 5k
    January 12: City Trail 5k
    February 2-3: Lublin night 10k
    February 16: City Trail 5k
    March 23: City Trail 5k
    April 7: Lublin 10k (maybe)
    May 12: Lublin Marathon
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    11-1 Rest
    11-2 7k intervals
    11-3 7k easy

    Easy run today in the cold and the rain, but not enough rain for me to qualify for bad-*kitten* status.
  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    fgsn wrote: »
    I'd like to join if it isn't too late! I'm starting a 20 week training program for my first ever half marathon this month! I've only ever done a 5K, so I'm excited to see how this will go :) (am I being too ambitious?)

    My goal for November is 34 miles

    11/1: 1.5 miles
    11/2: rest
    Total: 1.5 miles

    I don’t think it is too ambitious at all. Five months is a decent amount of time to build up for a half.

  • DaveJ_43
    DaveJ_43 Posts: 139 Member
    November Goal: 100 mi
    11/2 6.0 mi 10.44 pace
    11/3 6.0 mi 10.33 pace
    TOTAL 12 mi

    Happy Saturday, folks.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    shanaber wrote: »

    Wow, that is a great article, and very much on point! This part really spoke to me: "if we decide that the only people who have the potential to succeed are the ones who meet our idea of what successful looks like — when they’re gifted children of 12 or high achieving 20-year-olds — and only invest in them, we’ll prove ourselves right."
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @biketheworld: *hugs* You in your 20s was right! No matter what you do, time is going to pass. It doesn't matter what you did yesterday - you can always make the decision to do something differently today. Losing weight is a slow, boring process, but it can be done! Make a plan and if that plan doesn't work, make another plan. Make changes that you can live with forever, and that means you get to eat cookies sometimes. What I said earlier in the thread applies here too: you can't expect different results unless you change things. Don't just aspire to change, make a plan! Set goals, and make them easy, concrete, measurable goals. And if you aren't meeting those goals, make different goals.

    Second, don't get down on what you've already done - regular exercise is hugely important for your health, and is a hard habit to build. You are NOT kidding yourself. If it was easy, everyone would do it. You could be active and fat or you could be sedentary and fat. I've been the latter and now I'm the former and I'm going to do everything I can not to go back to the way I was before. And I'm not just doing that for tomorrow me, I'm doing it for me right now.

    Finally, you shovel food in your mouth because your body needs food to function, and because your brain rewards you for doing things that it needs to survive. Food is a joy and a blessing and the fact that the portion of humanity that starves to death has dramatically decreased over the last few decades might be the greatest achievement of modern time. I genuinely hate seeing people talk about food as garbage or an addiction or anything like that. Yes, a lot of us could do with more veggies and less calories, but you don't have to deprive yourself of one of life's most basic pleasures in order to do that.

    Sorry for the lecture, I'm feeling a little salty this morning. *hugs*
    Actually @MegaMooseEsq I think this is excellent, very well said!
    I was also going to say try taking things in small chunks. Instead of saying I have a goal to lose 25, 50, 100 lbs or whatever which can seem overwhelming, try focusing on small daily, weekly, monthly goals... today I am going to eat these things (planned out) or this week I am going to measure out my portions and log my calories. Overtime these small steps will become habits for your tomorrow self!