December 2018 Monthly Running Challenge
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Today I got to run 3.98 miles. I ran in three chunks - about a mile and a half from my house to the packet pick-up for tomorrow’s race, about two miles back along a different route, and maybe a half mile from my house around three blocks with my dog Iggy.
Obligatory scruffy buddy picture
Iggy is kind of the worst, although I mainly say that because he has recently upped his “I’m going to *kitten* in the dining room” game from whenever we shut him out of the bedroom at night to include when we left for an hour and a half to go out to dinner last night and the hour I was out running today. Which I think are the only times he’s been left alone in the last 48 hours, thanks *kitten*.
In his defense, the “I’m going to *kitten* in the dining room” game commenced when we moved to the new house and got rid of his old kennel, which he had refused to enter since his brother died about two weeks before we moved. And he's always been a pretty nervous dog, so I get that the little guy is having a hard few weeks and will hopefully be adjusting to his hard, hard life of sleeping and getting walked four times a day and dinner on the bed no matter how many times I ask my husband not to feed him there.* I joke because I love, and because I don’t like dogs, but fell in love with a man who had dogs and now I’m stuck.
*Actual conversation last night. Me: "I really wish you wouldn't feed him on the bed." "He won't eat anywhere else." "He eats breakfast wherever I put his food." "How do you do that?" "By never giving him food on the bed."
Anyhow, when I started running it was with the dogs in the summer of 2017. When I started being able to run for more than a block at a time I started leaving them at home because managing two poorly trained terriers while running was beyond my capabilities. However when Bowie started declining I started thinking about taking Iggy on run so he could get some of his extra nervous energy out that he wasn’t getting chasing Bowie around the yard.
I’m going to need to do some reading on how to run with dogs, but so far so good. My last three runs, including today, I’ve taken him out after my main run, first for a loop of one block, then two, and today three. I’m not sure how far I’m going to be able to take him, especially in the winter, but he does seem to like running - the only time he really seems happy these days is out on walks and immediately before food, and the second is just the last few days.
Anyhow, I got my bib (although they had run out of the ones for the 10K and the 15K challenge so I got a 5K with ink scribbles on it, which kind of bums me out) and am looking forward to the race tomorrow. I convinced my husband to meet me between races so I can warm up in the car and am planning on changing my shirts, gloves, and head coverings. Sadly there is no heated tent as apparently there isn’t enough room for everyone and it sounds like that has caused issues in the past maybe? /shrug
I also registered for two of my first 2019 races: a 10K in late January and a 10 Miler in March! There’s going to be a bit longer gap between tomorrow’s race and the one at the end of January than I’d prefer, but unfortunately the options around the new year are pretty limited unless I want to sign up for a 5K, which I don’t think I do, or travel, which can be dicey that time of year.
December Total: 8.07 miles
2018 Races!
July 4: Red, White and Boom! 5K Chip time: 0:32:20
August 25: Glo Run Night Race 5K Chip time: 0:30:40
September 8: Helen Gold 10K DNS - trip postponed
September 9: City of Lakes Half Marathon Net time: 2:28:25
October 6: Twin Cities Marathon Weekend 10K Chip time: 1:05:14
October 21: Mankato Half Marathon Chip time: 2:29:25
November 24: Mustache Run 10K Chip time: 1:04:56
December 8: Reindeer Run 10K + 5K
2019 Races! (italics under consideration)
January 26: Securian 10K
February 16: Half Fast 10K ($20 price jump 1/30)
March 23: Hot Dash 10Mi
April 27: Get In Gear Half or 10K ($5 price jump 12/31, 1/31)
May 4: Door County Half Marathon, Peninsula State Park, WI (if no half in April and no WY trip in June) ($5 price jump 12/31, 2/28)
May 22: ESTRS Lebanon 10K (registration open 1/1/19)
June 1: Hospital Hill Half Marathon, Kansas City OR Grand Teton Half, Jackson WY
June 12: ESTRS French 5K
June 29: Lift Bridge 10K
July 10: ESTRS Lebanon 7Mi
July 17: Torchlight 5K
July 27: St. Croix Crossing Half
July 31: ESTRS Murphy 5K (if no half 7/27)]
August 3: Minnesota Half Marathon 10Mi OR
August 7: ESTRS SLP 5Mi OR
August 10: Gopher to Badger 10K
September 8: Sioux Falls Half Marathon
September 21: Surly Trail Loppet 7Mi
October 5: TCM 10K or 10Mi
November: Undecided Half?
November 28: Turkey Trot St. Paul 10K
December: Undecided 10K6 -
If you're looking for a marathon to do in October, our own TC Marathon would be a great choice. It's always in the top 10 lists for top marathons in the US. I'm targeting 2020 or 2021 for this. @MegaMooseEsq this is TC in Motion
check out this video clip
https://www.facebook.com/TwinCitiesInMotion/videos/293141911336173/
If/when I decide to run a marathon, it helps that there's a great one right in my back yard! I just signed up for TCM's Hot Dash which gets me an extra spot in the lottery for the 10 Miler next year. If I don't get in I'll do the 10K again. It's the only race I'm planning on repeating next year. Of course, I could probably do both if I wanted...5 -
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PastorVincent wrote: »
Just discussed running budget with hubby.... I’m still not cut off 🤣🤣🤣
Wooo hooooo!!!5 -
@7lenny7 Glad you are out of the boot. Those things are a pain! Sorry he put the kabash on your running for a while, but you do want to make sure that it is completely healed before doing too much. Hope the time passes quickly for you....at least you can get out and walk. That's a plus.
@Avidkeo Looks like a great place to run.3 -
Charlene____ wrote: »Charlene____ wrote: »12.2: 4.5 @ 9:10/M (4.5) Easy Run
12.3: 4.0 @ 9:05/M (8.5) Easy Run
12.5: 4.5 @ 9:19/M (13) Easy Run
Still dealing with some pain around my right hip and some inflammation I can feel with my bare hands. I still can't massage it out or stretch it out. Will try some ice tonight before I go to sleep. Pain is much worse after I run and then again after I stand after sitting for a bit. I haven't gone to the DR at all this year, so I'm trying to wait until Jan 1st in case it is an "issue", I'll be working towards 2019's deductible.
Skipping today’s 4.0M Pace Run to allow my hip to rest. First time I’ve missed a run since Sept 14th, running 5X/week. I’m so bummed but I think this is a smart move. I jogged down my hallway and it bothered me. Tomorrow is a 90 minute long run which I think is more important to complete instead of a short run.
Skipped my long run today as my hip was starting to feel pretty decent. I’m going to try to make up my 4.0M Pace Run I skipped on Thursday tomorrow and then get back on track Sunday. If I can do that, then I’m only technically missing 1 long run of 90 minutes. But I’ll also be smart about not running with pain.
So for the month I’m at 13, goal was 120.5.
12.2: 4.5 @ 9:10/M (4.5) Easy Run
12.3: 4.0 @ 9:05/M (8.5) Easy Run
12.5: 4.5 @ 9:19/M (13) Easy Run
12.6: **Skipped 4.0M Pace Run** (13)
12.7: **Skipped 90-minute Long Run** (13)
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December goal. Yeah. Move.
12/1 3.05
12/2 rest
12/3 2.50
12/4 rest
12/5 4.40
12/6 rest
12/7 3.05 first time it felt "right" in months.....
Total: 13.00
Upcoming races:
January 4, 2019 Hilo to Volcano Ultra 50k Relay. In memory of @keeprunningfatboy
Ticker is my goal for 2018 and (obviously deficient) progress to date:
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PastorVincent wrote: »
Just discussed running budget with hubby.... I’m still not cut off 🤣🤣🤣
Wooo hooooo!!!
I just do not know who the original artist is to credit. Which sucks.0 -
12/1 - 7mph for 1 hour @ 4% grade
12/2 - 7 miles
12/3 - 7mph for 1 hour @ 4% grade
12/4 - 0 KM
12/5 - 12 miles
12/6 - Cookies
12/7 - 12 miles
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.3 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »So I can’t give you a running update because I’m still out of commission, but I can give you a lovely creepy crawly pick. This is a weta that came in for a visit. They’re a prehistoric cricket-like insect, endemic to New Zealand, and as we don’t do animals (we have a bat as our only native mammal) this is a scary as it gets here. This one is not a particularly large species, but he’s still about 7cm long in the body plus legs plus those ridiculously long antennae. I didn’t want to touch him as they are prickly and known to bite so he’s still on the kitchen wall!
Wait. Doesn't your vacuum cleaner have an extension wand? We have asian lady beetles every where. They are not scary. They will bite. But are mostly a stinky nuisance. I do worry that one will get in my ear when I'm asleep.
Hey. Name her Wena and sing the My Wena song to her from Bowling for Soup. (I just wanted to say wena cuz I'm 5). Good luck with wena the weta.
My very first encounter with a weta involved me trying to vacuum him up (thought he was a spider). Note the use of the word trying. And he was half the size of this one. The are very strong and very good at clinging on to things for dear life. Also, as these are a kiwi icon and you don’t see them that often (they happily live in trees and I’ve only come across them a dozen or so times in my life) I am loathe to kill them - I’ll get hubby to move him outside.7 -
"You just gotta listen to your body. Unless it's saying anything about stopping, pain, your joints, or needing water."
Apologies if this has been posted before...couldn't be bothered to use that search thingy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eEV0gOIu7c 8 -
@Scott6255 - I am honored to be part of the 'family'! Awesome that you have so many that share our birthday!
@mobycarp - I have worked on Windows for most of my adult life and I have to say I was thrilled when I retired to inherit my daughter's old Mac. For my birthday DH got me a new MacBook Pro and within minutes I had it up and running and all my files, data and apps moved from the old one. It even transferred my Microsoft Office products. Best of all everything was there and everything worked when I restarted after the transfer. I do not miss Windows at all! I am sorry your SSHD failed though - hopefully they replace it and can recover your data from it! Nice that you have a Linux platform as a backup to work from in the meantime!
@workaholic_nurse - wow, that is scary! Be safe!!
@hesn92 - could it be a bunion? They are often aggravated by running shoes, especially if you don't have enough room in the toe box.
@mbaker566 - absolutely love those puppy faces!
@MegaMooseEsq - maybe consider getting your pup a nice new crate with a cozy bed that Iqqy can hangout in when you are gone for a run or whatever and of course to sleep in at night? Maybe try feeding him in the crate to get him to like it?0 -
@shanaber@MegaMooseEsq - maybe consider getting your pup a nice new crate with a cozy bed that Iqqy can hangout in when you are gone for a run or whatever and of course to sleep in at night? Maybe try feeding him in the crate to get him to like it?
Oh, you better believe we’re getting him a nice cuddly new crate this weekend.2 -
So we did run last night. Don is apparently a bit more out of shape than I am. His Garmin said "3.5 days recovery" and mine said "26 hours"
He did try the whole "it is your fault we are going so fast" line. Went something like this:
At 8 miles he was like "we can turn here and cut it short, or go straight for 15 miles"
ME: "I can push on to 15, but not at 8:45"
HIM: "I am just trying to keep with you"
Pretty funny since I was a 1/2 stride BEHIND HIM and lost and he was leading the way.
We might make it a regular Friday thing since he supposed to be training for a marathon and our 12 miles run last night was more miles than he had done in a whole week in a while. Looking at the Strava data, he spent 83% of the run in Z5, and I never got to Z5 at all:
So maybe I was somehow pushing him? He is not the first person to complain that they are just trying to keep up with me when I am BEHIND them. Wonder what I am doing...9 -
PastorVincent wrote: »So we did run last night. Don is apparently a bit more out of shape than I am. His Garmin said "3.5 days recovery" and mine said "26 hours" He did try the whole "it is your fault we are going so fast" line. Went something like this:
At 8 miles he was like "we can turn here and cut it short, or go straight for 15 miles"
ME: "I can push on to 15, but not at 8:45"
HIM: "I am just trying to keep with you"
Pretty funny since I was a 1/2 stride BEHIND HIM and lost and he was leading the way.
We might make it a regular Friday thing since he supposed to be training for a marathon and our 12 miles run last night was more miles than he had done in a whole week in a while. Looking at the Strava data, he spent 83% of the run in Z5, and I never got to Z5 at all:
So maybe I was somehow pushing him? He is not the first person to complain that they are just trying to keep up with me when I am BEHIND them. Wonder what I am doing...
A couple weeks ago I ran behind 2 guys who were both going faster than they needed to, mostly because neither wanted to be the one to admit they needed to slow down. It was kind of funny.4 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »So we did run last night. Don is apparently a bit more out of shape than I am. His Garmin said "3.5 days recovery" and mine said "26 hours" He did try the whole "it is your fault we are going so fast" line. Went something like this:
At 8 miles he was like "we can turn here and cut it short, or go straight for 15 miles"
ME: "I can push on to 15, but not at 8:45"
HIM: "I am just trying to keep with you"
Pretty funny since I was a 1/2 stride BEHIND HIM and lost and he was leading the way.
We might make it a regular Friday thing since he supposed to be training for a marathon and our 12 miles run last night was more miles than he had done in a whole week in a while. Looking at the Strava data, he spent 83% of the run in Z5, and I never got to Z5 at all:
So maybe I was somehow pushing him? He is not the first person to complain that they are just trying to keep up with me when I am BEHIND them. Wonder what I am doing...
A couple weeks ago I ran behind 2 guys who were both going faster than they needed to, mostly because neither wanted to be the one to admit they needed to slow down. It was kind of funny.
I know lots of guys that consciously or sub-consciously will refuse to let "a girl" pass them. I may or may not goad said guys on with this knowledge. You know, cause I am a good friend.
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5k trail race today. It's been raining since yesterday (or earlier, I was sick in bed and not paying attention) and attendance was really low, only 236 adult finishers was about half of what we had last month. My kids, though, BOTH told me their placement in relation to "last". And yet they came in 2nd and I think 3rd place in their groups! I said, "You beat EVERYONE who stayed in bed today, AND ran in rain and mud!"
I still wasn't feeling the greatest, but better than yesterday, so I decided to start close to the back and just run for fun. I highly recommend this for anyone who isn't trying to win or PR. Got a beautiful negative split and at some point gave up on trying to avoid the mud, which made it easier to pass people who were going around puddles. There was a beautiful puddle right before the finish and I splashed right through that, too. Then grabbed my tea and delicious corn/rice cakes and kept moving back to the car before I got too cold.
12/1 - run 9.1k
12/2 - planned rest day
12/3 - run 17k +weight machine
12/4 - bike 41 minutes, run 8x400@5k pace+recovery
12/5 - rest
12/6-7 - sick
12/8 - 5k trail race +2k warmup/cooldown
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Another morning of cutting my plan short by almost a mile. Was supposed to be 3 miles, did 2.1. I got up a little earlier, used the loo several times, but the stupid RT started in mile 1. Based on the run time on my watch and when I left the house & when I got back, I spent a total of 10 mins paused on the side of the road clenched up during. Frustrating!
12/1 - 7.02
12/4 - 4.02
12/6 - 8.02
12/8 - 2.10 miles - 21.16 miles done
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Dec 16 - Hot Chocolate15K Tampa10 -
@PastorVincent : I bought my Plantronics backbeat fit & it is perfect. Thank you.1
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TimeToReduceFat wrote: »@PastorVincent : I bought my Plantronics backbeat fit & it is perfect. Thank you.
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PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »So we did run last night. Don is apparently a bit more out of shape than I am. His Garmin said "3.5 days recovery" and mine said "26 hours" He did try the whole "it is your fault we are going so fast" line. Went something like this:
At 8 miles he was like "we can turn here and cut it short, or go straight for 15 miles"
ME: "I can push on to 15, but not at 8:45"
HIM: "I am just trying to keep with you"
Pretty funny since I was a 1/2 stride BEHIND HIM and lost and he was leading the way.
We might make it a regular Friday thing since he supposed to be training for a marathon and our 12 miles run last night was more miles than he had done in a whole week in a while. Looking at the Strava data, he spent 83% of the run in Z5, and I never got to Z5 at all:
So maybe I was somehow pushing him? He is not the first person to complain that they are just trying to keep up with me when I am BEHIND them. Wonder what I am doing...
A couple weeks ago I ran behind 2 guys who were both going faster than they needed to, mostly because neither wanted to be the one to admit they needed to slow down. It was kind of funny.
I know lots of guys that consciously or sub-consciously will refuse to let "a girl" pass them. I may or may not goad said guys on with this knowledge. You know, cause I am a good friend.
I *might* sometimes mess with guys like that. Actually some women do it too, and I find these people more in road races than in trail races. It's definitely an advantage to pay attention to pace and your body and training, to know what you are capable of, and when to let people go.3 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »So I can’t give you a running update because I’m still out of commission, but I can give you a lovely creepy crawly pick. This is a weta that came in for a visit. They’re a prehistoric cricket-like insect, endemic to New Zealand, and as we don’t do animals (we have a bat as our only native mammal) this is a scary as it gets here. This one is not a particularly large species, but he’s still about 7cm long in the body plus legs plus those ridiculously long antennae. I didn’t want to touch him as they are prickly and known to bite so he’s still on the kitchen wall!
Wait. Doesn't your vacuum cleaner have an extension wand? We have asian lady beetles every where. They are not scary. They will bite. But are mostly a stinky nuisance. I do worry that one will get in my ear when I'm asleep.
Hey. Name her Wena and sing the My Wena song to her from Bowling for Soup. (I just wanted to say wena cuz I'm 5). Good luck with wena the weta.
My very first encounter with a weta involved me trying to vacuum him up (thought he was a spider). Note the use of the word trying. And he was half the size of this one. The are very strong and very good at clinging on to things for dear life. Also, as these are a kiwi icon and you don’t see them that often (they happily live in trees and I’ve only come across them a dozen or so times in my life) I am loathe to kill them - I’ll get hubby to move him outside.
Aw love it that you are also a bug saver! We get mostly spiders and scorpions except when it turns cold we have moths and lady beetles. I put them all outside. The beetles i have to bait with honey.
Maybe the weta is a sign of good fortune! I can see that it looks similar to a spider in its front legs.
Now i wanna weta...1 -
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Beautiful run this morning, despite being up half the night with one sick kid or the other this week.
Kids are so gross guys.
12/1: 5 km (Santa Shuffle pushing a stroller like a boss)
12/5: 5 km (Treadmill)
12/8: 5 km (Outside)
Total to date: 15/60 km13 -
Somehow managed to avoid getting the cold I was get during the transition from summer to fall, and I really thought I was gonna get away with not getting sick this winter, but no such luck. Woke up with a sore throat, body aches, runny/stuffy nose, a pounding headache, and ear pain? Sigh 😔
But I went and ran anyways! Yay!
12/1: 3.1 miles
12/3: 2.7 miles
12/5: 5 miles
12/7: 3.5 miles
12/8: 4.1 miles
Total for December: 18.4/50 miles10 -
12-1 7k easy
12-2 10.5k slow
12-3 7k recovery
12-4 rest
12-5 7k easy
12-6 7k recovery
12-7 rest
12-8 7k easy
December Total: 45.5k
December Goal: 100k
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2019 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Run at least 4 5k races.
Get under 30:00 and a PR for 5k.
Average at least 135k per month, which would put me over 1,000 miles for the year.
Cold run today: 22 degrees F with a breeze from the northwest. Even wore a long sleeved shirt under my running hoodie. Just a little bit of ice in spots on the running trail. Thought about making today my long run, but it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow and I wasn't psychologically ready for long run today. A little lower back tightness and the occasional niggle in my left achilles, but no physical issues other than those.7 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »So I can’t give you a running update because I’m still out of commission, but I can give you a lovely creepy crawly pick. This is a weta that came in for a visit. They’re a prehistoric cricket-like insect, endemic to New Zealand, and as we don’t do animals (we have a bat as our only native mammal) this is a scary as it gets here. This one is not a particularly large species, but he’s still about 7cm long in the body plus legs plus those ridiculously long antennae. I didn’t want to touch him as they are prickly and known to bite so he’s still on the kitchen wall!
Wait. Doesn't your vacuum cleaner have an extension wand? We have asian lady beetles every where. They are not scary. They will bite. But are mostly a stinky nuisance. I do worry that one will get in my ear when I'm asleep.
Hey. Name her Wena and sing the My Wena song to her from Bowling for Soup. (I just wanted to say wena cuz I'm 5). Good luck with wena the weta.
My very first encounter with a weta involved me trying to vacuum him up (thought he was a spider). Note the use of the word trying. And he was half the size of this one. The are very strong and very good at clinging on to things for dear life. Also, as these are a kiwi icon and you don’t see them that often (they happily live in trees and I’ve only come across them a dozen or so times in my life) I am loathe to kill them - I’ll get hubby to move him outside.
I love wetas! My husband and I build 3D models for video games and Weta Workshop (special effects guys) are like gods to us. Glad to hear you take care of your creepy crawlies.6 -
rheddmobile wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »ContraryMaryMary wrote: »So I can’t give you a running update because I’m still out of commission, but I can give you a lovely creepy crawly pick. This is a weta that came in for a visit. They’re a prehistoric cricket-like insect, endemic to New Zealand, and as we don’t do animals (we have a bat as our only native mammal) this is a scary as it gets here. This one is not a particularly large species, but he’s still about 7cm long in the body plus legs plus those ridiculously long antennae. I didn’t want to touch him as they are prickly and known to bite so he’s still on the kitchen wall!
Wait. Doesn't your vacuum cleaner have an extension wand? We have asian lady beetles every where. They are not scary. They will bite. But are mostly a stinky nuisance. I do worry that one will get in my ear when I'm asleep.
Hey. Name her Wena and sing the My Wena song to her from Bowling for Soup. (I just wanted to say wena cuz I'm 5). Good luck with wena the weta.
My very first encounter with a weta involved me trying to vacuum him up (thought he was a spider). Note the use of the word trying. And he was half the size of this one. The are very strong and very good at clinging on to things for dear life. Also, as these are a kiwi icon and you don’t see them that often (they happily live in trees and I’ve only come across them a dozen or so times in my life) I am loathe to kill them - I’ll get hubby to move him outside.
I love wetas! My husband and I build 3D models for video games and Weta Workshop (special effects guys) are like gods to us. Glad to hear you take care of your creepy crawlies.
That's what I thought of, too! I just didn't know about the insect.2 -
Taking weight loss to extremes.
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3.5 miles on the treadmill today. I usually do my weekday runs on the treadmill and my Saturday long (for me) runs outdoors, but it's 40 degrees and raining outside, so indoors it was...I learned today that it's possible to fall off the SIDE of the treadmill while running! Luckily I caught myself before I went down, but I still made quite the spectacle of myself. Sigh.
11.0/38.0 miles for the month11
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