January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Hi, hello! Kristine here! I used to be super regular on here in like 2016 and then fell off the face of the earth for most of 2017 and maybe all of 2018 while I dealt with some bouts of depression and made some big life changes (namely moving from NJ to Virginia). Got my mojo back after running Marine Corps Marathon in October, and I'm back on the training bandwagon these days. I can't wait to see some familiar faces and some new ones on here!
2019 goals are to PR in the half marathon, finally run a BQ marathon, and run my first 50k trail race. I also want to keep my running consistent this year and my motivation high; that's where I've really struggled the last couple years and I've let myself give in to the "Let's just skip it" lazy voice in my head. I rely so much on running to keep me in a good place mentally, and when I pile on the skip days, I spiral further into a lazy, unhappy, anxious place. I'd like to avoid that as much as possible in 2019.
January runs:
(12/31: NYE 4 mile race )
1/1: 8.2 trail miles
1/2: Rest day
1/3: To be run...
January total miles: 8.2
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2019 Races
March 24: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon (Goal: PR)
April 7: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (Goal: Sub-75)
April 28: New Jersey Marathon (Goal: BQ)
July 6: Finger Lake Fifties 50k (Goal: Finish)
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Kimtrooper wrote: »Second run this morning of 4km & 4 kangaroos hopping past. Faster than me of course lol. [...] 😀
Wow, fantastic! I thought this was just possible in the movies (with special effects and all). Nice for you!
So... are you still in 2018?
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@elise4270 - I love Audiobooks and regular books! I don't get sick of the same voice. I am currently enjoying:
https://www.amazon.com/Theophrastus-Characters-Ancient-Take-Behavior/dp/0935112375 (not audio).
1/1 - 1.5 miles - #RwRunStreak Day 41 - Last day of Holiday Streak!
1/2 - Transform - Arms Deload week!
1/3 - 5 miles
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@katharmonic Thanks! After getting a pedicure & walking around the grocery store to pick up a few things yesterday, I made an appt w/my podiatrist for this morning. Just as I was getting ready to leave, they call & rescheduled for Monday morning (he's not feeling well), so I'll put my running on hold until then just to be sure there isn't something else wrong. Last time I thought it was "just a little bother", I ended up having to have ortho surgery!4
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juliet3455 wrote: »@7lenny7 , @MNLittleFinn , @JessicaMcB A new race - a differant concept .
Sounds like one you would like. A bit of travel involved to get to the start line for lenny & LittleFinn
OOOOOOO....way outta MY comfort zone at the moment, but one that is going on The List of "Races I'd Like To Do, Yet More Than Likely Never Will"! (along with Barkley, NYE in NYC Central Park, St Petersburg Russia Santa Run, Disney's, Antarctica…)1 -
Yay! @kristinegift is back!!!! Lovely to see you again!2
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1/3 3 miles (*) 7/50
Went out w/ a friend that's recovering from a stress fracture (egads)--we were alternating walking/running around a track as she eases back in--that's why the asterisk.
And, I'm really having trouble staying warm, darn it--it's about 37 f here, and my hands never warmed up in good mittens.
ps @medmuso congratulations!7 -
As most of you know, I am a newbie to running. I am also an analyst and so I study everything I become interested in. I have discovered that my easy runs are probably not as easy as they should be. My heart rate is regularly above where it should be for those runs.
So...with that being said, I am also researching wearables that are better suited to running. I currently have a FitBit Charge 2. I like the diagnostics it provides but don't care about the social aspect. I would like something with a GPS and notifications if I am getting above my target HR. I don't want to be looking at my wrist all the time, especially since I run in cold weather and have gloves on when I'm running. I have seen some that include music download options but the reviews for the music seem to be hit or miss.
You've given me good advice in the past. What wearables do you/have you use(d)? What do you like/not like about them?2 -
debrakgoogins wrote: »As most of you know, I am a newbie to running. I am also an analyst and so I study everything I become interested in. I have discovered that my easy runs are probably not as easy as they should be. My heart rate is regularly above where it should be for those runs.
So...with that being said, I am also researching wearables that are better suited to running. I currently have a FitBit Charge 2. I like the diagnostics it provides but don't care about the social aspect. I would like something with a GPS and notifications if I am getting above my target HR. I don't want to be looking at my wrist all the time, especially since I run in cold weather and have gloves on when I'm running. I have seen some that include music download options but the reviews for the music seem to be hit or miss.
You've given me good advice in the past. What wearables do you/have you use(d)? What do you like/not like about them?
I’ve been thinking of investing in one as well, so look forward to the advise1 -
1-1 Rest
1-2 7k intervals
1-3 7k easy
January Total: 14k
January 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.
Run the Year Team: Five for Nineteen.
Good running weather today: cloudy, cool, and hardly any wind. Hamstring was better today, but head cold was not. Couldn't get into a good breathing rhythm.5 -
debrakgoogins wrote: »As most of you know, I am a newbie to running. I am also an analyst and so I study everything I become interested in. I have discovered that my easy runs are probably not as easy as they should be. My heart rate is regularly above where it should be for those runs.
So...with that being said, I am also researching wearables that are better suited to running. I currently have a FitBit Charge 2. I like the diagnostics it provides but don't care about the social aspect. I would like something with a GPS and notifications if I am getting above my target HR. I don't want to be looking at my wrist all the time, especially since I run in cold weather and have gloves on when I'm running. I have seen some that include music download options but the reviews for the music seem to be hit or miss.
You've given me good advice in the past. What wearables do you/have you use(d)? What do you like/not like about them?
I use a Garmin Forerunner 935, which is pretty much top of the line in price and function. It is great, but really any of the Garmin Forerunner line would work well. Most either have a wrist heart rate (WHICH I BY FAR PREFER) or can work with a chest-based one (I gave all my chest monitors away - but some in this thread MUCH prefer them). I also use the Garmin Footpod which allows (once correctly calibrated) full stats tracking while on the dreadmill.
Great reviews and break down of all these products here:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com5 -
1/1 = 10 miles & FB Strong Day 1
1/2 = FB Strong Day 2
1/3 = 3 miles and FB Strong Day 3
Well, it was "only" freezing drizzle, instead of a downpour, this morning so I squeezed in 3 miles. It is supposed to be warmer and sunny tomorrow so I am hoping to fit in a long run.
January goal miles = 75 / Miles to date = 13
Upcoming Races:
1/26/19 = Miami Tropical 5K
1/27/19 = Miami Marathon
3/10/19 = ZOOMA half
4/6/19 = Wanderlust half
5/4/19 = Wisconsin Marathon (mittens challenge part 1)
5/5/19 = Kalamazoo Marathon (mittens challenge part 2)
Run the Year 2019. GO Team B! 1,550 yearly miles pledged. Join us : https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10710465/2019-run-the-year-group#latest6 -
@PastorVincent You never disappoint.2
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Hi! I haven't been on this thread in a long time, but I'm looking for some advice. After a significant amount of time barely running and then another significant amount of time not running at all, and also a significant amount of weight gain......... I started C25K Sept 28. I spent about 5 weeks slowly working my way through the first 3 weeks of the program, repeating workouts, since I knew I was really out of shape. Then we got a treadmill and I decided to restart from the beginning (sort of, I didn't do all the workouts) to adapt to the treadmill. So I continued to repeat some workouts but managed to get up to week 6 day 3 last night, which is the 22 min run. (So it took me 12 weeks to do 6 weeks of the program not due to skipped workouts but because of repeating workouts.)
Here is my dilemma........I am running/jogging really slowly. For my warm up I try to ease up to 3.5mph walk (and I double the warm up from 5 min to 10 min because I feel it helps me) and then when it's time to run I only hit the 4mph button on the treadmill Then I slowly increase to max 4.6mph. Earlier on when I was running shorter intervals I was doing 5-5.5mph but when the run time started increasing I abandoned that all together. The thing is, even running at a pace that most people would barely qualify as running, my heart rate is in the 170s and last night even got up to 181.
From this point on in the program, there's no more walk breaks. It's a couple 25 min runs I think then 28 min then 30 min (at which point I won't be hitting 5k!) If my heart rate is so high, do I need to be running 30 minutes without walk breaks? (FINALLY - my actual question!) Should I work up to the 30 min and just strictly stay on 4mph jog until it gets easier? Or should I just take walk breaks to let my heart rate calm down a bit?
The 22 min run last night didn't feel terribly hard. Mentally I was breaking it into quarters of 5.5 min each, and yes, I was working hard but not like I was gonna collapse. I have previously had high rate while running even when I was much thinner and fitter. But I guess I'm afraid my poor fat self if gonna have a heart attack on the treadmill. LOL
Any ideas/suggestions how to proceed? Sorry so long :-p4 -
68 Miles and being my half marathon training9
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this seems especially fast moving this month
sandlot seems like fun but i would want to switch directions at some point.
welcome newbies
welcome returnies
welcome newly uninjured
i did 7.4 miles yesterday. it might not have been my best decision. took 3 out of 4 dogs (foster puppy is too young).
it was icy but i did not bring my trax. note to self. always bring trax just in case. i didn't realize it was icy. it wasn't by my house. part of the trail i ran was completely iced over with a dusting of snow. so i hit the ground hard on my butt and wrist. butt hurts. wrist hurts. a lot of the trail has a grass edge so i ran along the edge in a lot of places. the dogs slipped a lot too.
old girl was loving it. speed demon wanted to go faster. china dog(meat trade dog from shanghai-foster) enjoyed it as soon as he realized what we were doing. he tried to hunt the chickadees and cardinals.
at some point, i thought i was smelling a little too much poo. i had attached a full bag to a leash. apparently, the cold made the bag brittle. poo over the leashes, my pants, my shirt, my spibelt, my vest. thankfully, i remembered ROTC and cleaning with snow. so took some packed snow and rubbed it all over. there was still a smell in the car but it wasn't visible any more.
prerun. asked speed demon if she wanted to go for a run.
onward
ice hiding underneath
slow and steady. only one fall
foster dog and speed demon in the back.
old girl loves getting out.
i think i'll make a plan and work toward the fall 50 in door county. i think if i do a marathon i will do the dolittle which is the trail(rails to trail) that i used yesterday. it's super flat.
i am going to give my trax a trial on a nearby trail (rails to trail) this weekend. i haven't actually used them10 -
lisaloumn2 wrote: »debrakgoogins wrote: »As most of you know, I am a newbie to running. I am also an analyst and so I study everything I become interested in. I have discovered that my easy runs are probably not as easy as they should be. My heart rate is regularly above where it should be for those runs.
So...with that being said, I am also researching wearables that are better suited to running. I currently have a FitBit Charge 2. I like the diagnostics it provides but don't care about the social aspect. I would like something with a GPS and notifications if I am getting above my target HR. I don't want to be looking at my wrist all the time, especially since I run in cold weather and have gloves on when I'm running. I have seen some that include music download options but the reviews for the music seem to be hit or miss.
You've given me good advice in the past. What wearables do you/have you use(d)? What do you like/not like about them?
I’ve been thinking of investing in one as well, so look forward to the advise
I use the TomTom Spark 3. It is a little bit less expensive than a Garmin but still has all the features I want. The GPS is accurate and it has a heart rate monitor. You can upload music or a map onto the watch. I use the watch (vs. my phone) to listen to music on my short runs.2 -
greenolivetree wrote: »Hi! I haven't been on this thread in a long time, but I'm looking for some advice. After a significant amount of time barely running and then another significant amount of time not running at all, and also a significant amount of weight gain......... I started C25K Sept 28. I spent about 5 weeks slowly working my way through the first 3 weeks of the program, repeating workouts, since I knew I was really out of shape. Then we got a treadmill and I decided to restart from the beginning (sort of, I didn't do all the workouts) to adapt to the treadmill. So I continued to repeat some workouts but managed to get up to week 6 day 3 last night, which is the 22 min run. (So it took me 12 weeks to do 6 weeks of the program not due to skipped workouts but because of repeating workouts.)
Here is my dilemma........I am running/jogging really slowly. For my warm up I try to ease up to 3.5mph walk (and I double the warm up from 5 min to 10 min because I feel it helps me) and then when it's time to run I only hit the 4mph button on the treadmill Then I slowly increase to max 4.6mph. Earlier on when I was running shorter intervals I was doing 5-5.5mph but when the run time started increasing I abandoned that all together. The thing is, even running at a pace that most people would barely qualify as running, my heart rate is in the 170s and last night even got up to 181.
From this point on in the program, there's no more walk breaks. It's a couple 25 min runs I think then 28 min then 30 min (at which point I won't be hitting 5k!) If my heart rate is so high, do I need to be running 30 minutes without walk breaks? (FINALLY - my actual question!) Should I work up to the 30 min and just strictly stay on 4mph jog until it gets easier? Or should I just take walk breaks to let my heart rate calm down a bit?
The 22 min run last night didn't feel terribly hard. Mentally I was breaking it into quarters of 5.5 min each, and yes, I was working hard but not like I was gonna collapse. I have previously had high rate while running even when I was much thinner and fitter. But I guess I'm afraid my poor fat self if gonna have a heart attack on the treadmill. LOL
Any ideas/suggestions how to proceed? Sorry so long :-p
Personally, I would not worry about how slow you are running at this point. I would work on time/distance before working on speed. You will naturally get faster as your distance increases.
Other, more experienced, runners might have a better opinion. I am a pretty slow runner (because I hate speed work, I am old, I have smidgit stature with little legs, and I prefer to run long slow distances).5 -
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@greenolivetree I agree with @amymoreorless . Just keep at it, no matter the speed. I've embraced being a slower runner. We can start a club if you like.6
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