January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

@ddmom0811 when the time comes, if the weather cooperates I can either join you if it works out or suggest a route. From your hotel the Stone Arch Bridge is a must, but the trails (paved) on the east side of the river are limited around there.

Yesterday I only managed 39 floors/390' elevation, about half what I wanted. I was just too busy at work. Today will be elliptical day so no stair climbing.

January Stair Progress: 111 floors/1110 feet

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

January Running Challenge
Goal: 60 km
Done: 41/60

10/1/19 Run 7 km
9/1/19 Run 6 km
8/1/19 run 7 km
4/1/19 Run 8 km
3/1/19 Run 7 km
2/1/19 Run 6 km

My goal - 45 miles in January.

January Goal
1/7: 1.97 mile walk
1/8: 2.0 mile walk
1/9: 2.0 mile run
1/10: 1.4 mile walk

January Total: 7.37 total

1/7: 3.5, 13.5/50
1/9: 4.0, 17.5/50
1/10 2.0 19.5 / 50 (treadmill)

I was happily spacing out on the treadmill when my phone bounced off of that little shelf onto the treadmill belt and then hit the floor. Pretty happy that didn't cause *me* to splat and that the screen survived...!

newbie here

Jan 1 : 1.5 =1.5/30 miles, walking 5.6 miles (after run) note: run took 19.13 min

Jan 2: 3.02= 4.52/30 miles, walking 11.13 miles (after run): run took 37.02 min 👍improvment

Jan 3: rest day= 4.52/30 miles, walking 4.11 (after run) I think I pushed myself too hard too fast for a non seasoned new runner the day before. My legs were sore up until last night.

Jan 4: 1.91= 6.43/30 miles, walking 4.22 (after run): no time improvement

Jan 5: 1.5= 7.93 miles, walking 7.47 (after run)

Jan 6: 1.5= 9.43/30, walking 4.5 (after run)

Jan 7: 2.90= 12.33/30, walking 11.19(after run) run took 20.17 👎 today I was lethargic and not feeling it, i consider it a win that I did it at all.

Jan 8 1.5= 13.83, walking 10 (after run)

Jan 9 1.5= 15.33, walking 8.19 (after run)

Morning all. I went out for a very short run, 400m. I did it in 1:47 woo hoo! It's part of the January challenge for my NZ running group. I woke lateish - around 7 and lazed in bed till 7:45. I decided to get the run in early before it gets too hot. Good thing too, it's 9am now and already about 30 degrees C (86F). And HUMID!

So the rest of today will involve sitting around, relaxing, sewing and chilling. Last day of my holiday.

January goal: 75 miles

1/1: 3.11 miles
1/4: 4.6 miles
1/5: 4.21 miles
1/6: 8.02 miles
1/8: 3.11 miles
1/9: 3.15 miles
1/10: 3.15 miles

29.35/75 miles completed

I ran a quick 3.15 miles at lunch today. I debated about waiting until after work when the weather would be nicer, but decided to go ahead and get it done. It is pretty now. The sun finally came out and it has been cold and cloudy all day. But sometimes running after work is a hassle when I have errands to run. Plus I've been so busy at work this month that by the end of the day I just don't want to do anything. It was a pretty good run and I felt pretty quick.

Jan 9 - 3.2 km

Total: 3.2 km
Goal: 20 km

It's hot and humid here, so I was perspiring before I even left the house this morning at 8:15. The plan was to do my usual 6.6km loop, potentially cutting it back to 5km if my calf was too tired (did a fast(ish) 4km yesterday) but by the time I got to the end of the driveway I thought, this is too hot, so changed my route so I'd be in the shade. This meant I headed off on my 8.5km loop - basically I switched the first 1.5km of blazing sunshine for 3.5km of coolness, but then ended up where I would have been anyway. Clearly the heat is affecting my brain. Fortunately, I then got a bit of cloud cover which made it a whole lot more bearable.

My calf behaved nicely most of the way but at the 6km point there's a shortish, steepish hill which I chose to walk as I could feel my calf tiring. Knowing there was a gentle 2km downhill following, and that I had accidentally gone a whole 2km further than planned, the rest was a good idea.

Running challenge
1 Jan: 8.21 run/walk + 960m swim
2 Jan: 8.25 run/walk
3 Jan: 5km walk
4 Jan: 5.51 run/walk + 1200m swim
5 Jan: rest
6 Jan: 1440m swim + massage
7 Jan: 1800m swim
8 Jan: 6.5km run/walk
9 Jan: 8km run (!)
10 Jan: 12m swim followed by fast 4km run to sweat out the chlorine
11 Jan: 8km run (6km run, then 400m walk uphill as calf was talking to me, then final 2km run home)

53.47 of 100km for January


Upcoming events
Feb 24, Albany Lakes Summer Series 10k
Mar 3, Rotorua Off Road Quarter Marathon
Mar 9, Riverhead Rampage, 10k
Mar 24, Albany Lakes Summer Series 10k
Apr 21, Auckland Run Series 10k
May 11, St Clair Vineyard Half Marathon
Jun 2, Auckland Run Series 10k
Jun 23, Auckland Run Series 10k
Jun 30, Xterra Trail Run, Waiuku Forest, 12km
Jul 14, Auckland Run Series 10k
Jul 21 Xterra Trail Run, Totara Park, 12km
Aug 4, Auckland Run Series Half
Aug 24, Mount Maunganui Half Marathon
Oct 20, Auckland Half Marathon

polskagirl01 wrote: »

Avidkeo wrote: »

So the rest of today will involve sitting around, relaxing, sewing and chilling. Last day of my holiday.

Sewing, fun!

It would have been great, except I got called into work, and ended up there for 1.5hrs. Was supposed to have 1 patient, ended up with 4 *sigh*

January Running Totals (miles)
1/1 – 10.09 warmup + 7.5 mile race
1/2 – 6.28 easy w/fast finish
1/3 – 6.76 warmup, intervals, cool down
1/4 – rest day
1/5 – 16.65 warmup, Winter Warrior Half
1/6 – 8.09 easy
1/7 – rest day
1/8 – 8.64 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/9 – 11.08 easy
1/10 – 8.25 warmup, speed work, cool down

January running total to date – 75.84

Nominal January mileage goal: 200 miles

Real Goals: Train well toward Boston. Work the January races into the training plan smoothly. Remain uninjured, even if it means cutting back on planned mileage or races.

Today's notes – Tuesday it rained, and I took comfort in the thought that I didn't have to shovel rain. Today I had to shovel. The snow was wet and stuck together, stubbornly refusing to go smoothly into the snowblower chute; so I ended up clearing about 2/3 of my driveway by shovel, with some clumsy assist from the snowblower. Bleah. This gets in the way of running.

The roads were clear by mid afternoon, but the temperature is colder than I'm used to and there was wind. Fortunately, it's a club practice day. It's warm with no wind on the indoor track. The marathon training plan said 2-4 x 400 at R; 2 miles at T; 6 x 200 at I, starting every 90 seconds. That's a substantial workout. I have a 5 mile race on Sunday. Talked to Coach about it; the important race is Boston, the kind of important race is Tallahassee, and I can't be a total sloth on Saturday because a moderately good runner aged up and I'll need to run 5 miles at T to be sure to stay ahead of him.

Coach said to run 4 x 1000 at T, just to tune up for racing on Saturday. So that's what I did. Target for 1000m at T would be 4:05; the intervals came in at 3:57 (oops), 4:02, 4:01, 4:00. Took one 200m lap recovery between intervals, and took an extra lap on the end to make 5K even. Then I did a 3 mile cool down instead of the traditional 2 mile, because the modified workout was about a mile shorter and I'm targeting a weekly total distance.

Got to where I need 15 miles to finish the week. Rest day tomorrow, 5 mile race on Saturday. The plan is to run a preview of the race course as a warmup, run the race, and run a 5 mile cool down, possibly the race course in reverse. Should be fun. The wind is supposed to be light, the temperature is supposed to be in the teens. That's about as cold as it was when I raced on Thanksgiving, but a good 10-15° F colder than what I've been running in lately. Just have to remember how this was from past winters, and dress appropriately.

2019 Races:
January 1, 2019 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) finished in 50:55
January 5, 2019 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) finished in 1:30:48
January 12, 2019 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds 5 Mile) (Spencerport, NY)
January 26, 2019 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY)
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL)
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY)
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)