January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

1-1 Rest
1-2 7k intervals
1-3 7k easy
1-4 Rest
1-5 7k slow
1-6 5.5k slow
1-7 7k easy
1-8 Rest
1-9 7k slow
1-10 7k slow
1-11 Rest
1-12 7.5k easy
1-13 7k slow
1-14 7k easy

January Total: 69k
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.

Not just ice in the beard today, but ice in the mustache and frost on my outer layer. 16 degrees F, but no wind. Even made it out before the sun cleared the horizon.

January 14th: 10.3/25 miles

Elise4270 wrote: »

January

1—-5.45
5—7.5 for @KeepRunningFatboy
6—6.25 Kīlauea volcano hike
8—open water swim with @HonuNui
9—5.5 walk
10— 5.61 Waipio Valley hike
11— travel
12— sleep
13— *kitten* cold 5.5

35.8/ 71 miles


Upcoming races
🤙January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy ✔️
March 31, 2019 A2A 5k. Ardmore OK
April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon. half
November 24, 2019 Route 66 half. Tulsa OK.
Run the Year team A 400+ miles

Ya know.... I was thinkin’ on this run.... if we @shanaber, maybe @ddmom0811, @RunsOnEspresso and others that are or might be interested in running Hawai’i, the Kona marathon is in June. It’ll be hot enough swim with @HonuNui. A full, half, 10k and 5k are offered. Say 2020?

As DH would say, you never have to twist my arm to go to Hawaii. He does think I'm weird for wanting to go places and run though so that is the harder part.

Jan 9 - 3.2 km
Jan 11 - 3.8 km
Jan 15 - 4 km

Total: 11 km
Goal: 20 km

MobyCarp wrote: »

Avidkeo wrote: »

amymoreorless wrote: »

MobyCarp wrote: »

amymoreorless wrote: »

For interested parties:

Applications for the NYC Marathon start tomorrow!

I am trying my luck at the lottery. The likelihood of me running a qualifying time in Miami is less than a snowballs chance in the 7th level of hell during a heat wave. LOL

https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/plan-your-race/run-in-2019/2019-tcs-new-york-city-marathon-drawing

Actually, the time qualifying window for the 2019 NYC Marathon was calendar 2018. At this point, either you ran a qualifying time or you didn't. Either it was in one of the NYRR sanctioned races that have a guaranteed entry attached, or it was in a non-NYRR race and you're eligible for one of a "limited number" of slots for non-NYRR time qualifiers.

I know this off the top of my head because I time qualified for the 2019 NYC Marathon at the 2018 Boston Marathon, the 2018 Wineglass Marathon, and 3 of the 4 half marathons I ran in 2018. Plan A is to be on the site as soon as I can after it opens claiming qualification based on Wineglass. Then I see if I'm fast enough at the keyboard; if not, I get dumped into the lottery with everyone else.

Looks like 15% of the lottery entrants got lucky in 2018. I don't think I'm particularly lucky in games of pure chance; if anything, I'm less lucky than average.

@MobyCarp I did not come close to a qualified time in 2018 and I don’t anticipate coming close in 2019.

I am also not particularly lucky. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)...

I grew up outside of NYC and would love to experience the city in that way. If it happens, wonderful. If it doesn’t, I will move onto the next bucket list race (without a qualifying time).

Good luck! I am sure you will kick major butt at the NYCM

A lady who works with my mum entered the lottery for Boston 2019 and got in! I'm unbelievably jealous. A kiwi running the BM on lottery!

No lottery for Boston is available to US citizens. OTOH, a Kiwi will have substantially larger travel costs to run Boston than I will.

Unless they are a REALLY good swimmer and turn it into a biathlon.

MrsKGrady wrote: »

1/6 - 1.5
1/10 - 1.5
1/12 - 1.65
1/13 - 1.7

Slowly, but surely, gaining miles. My first 5k of 2019 is coming up in two weeks. In other news, winter has finally come to Mid-Michigan. I got spoiled in December with above average temperatures. This week, I was reminded why I don't like to run outside in the winter. Brrrrrrr!!

@MrsKGrady it's great to see you back here!
@orphia great job, coach! Cool that you did that.
@debrakgoogins and @katharmonic nice 5Ks!
@juliet3455 nice! That pretty much sums it up.

Volunteering at the St. Croix 40 winter ultra race Sunday was a lot of fun. I left my house at 2am after 3 hours of sleep and drove 2 hours to the state park where the race was held.

The race was a 40 mile loop course and is meant as a warm up or practice race for the Arrowhead 135M or the Tuscobia 80M & 160M winter races. These races have three divisions, foot, ski and bike. Since they are run in the winter, each participant must carry with them certain survival equipment such as a rated sleeping bag, bivy, stove, fuel, and a certain amount of calories beyond what is expected for the race. The runners and skiers carry all this equipment in a sled they pull behind them. The bikers have a pack on the back of their bikes. There is a checkpoint, but there is no aid stations so it's run self-supported.

The runners and skiers started at 6pm and the bikers started at 10pm. It was an unusual start as everyone had to start IN their sleeping bags and bivy sacks, so when the horn sounded, instead of a mad rush down the course, it was a mad rush to get out of the bivies, get them stowed, and get down the trail. I wasn't there but I heard it took anywhere from 6 to 15 minutes for the racers to get going, so there was no conga line.

There's a checkpoint about half way through the course where the racers have to stop and show they can use their stoves by boiling a cup of water. At the end of the race there's a gear check to make sure they still have all their gear, and most importantly, still have 3000 calories left in their packs. Again, this really isn't needed in this race, which is all in a state park, but it is needed for the longer races so it's required here.

My first job was to transport the course sweepers the 30 mile point. They had already run 24 miles, as I recall, and took a break. 6 miles of the course was on a closed, icy road and since I have a 4x4 pickup, I volunteered to drive down this road, drop them off, and pick up all of the trail markers on that section on my return. Thankfully snowmobiles had traversed the route and left enough tracks that I was able to get up the icy hills without sliding into the ditch, I just made sure I didn't stop on the hills or I wouldn't get back up. When I reached the end, I realized I had missed a marker and had to drive all the way back to the other end again. I didn't really mind, it was an enjoyable drive and I had some great bluegrass music to listen to.

After returning to headquarters, I was tasked with helping at the finish line. I cheered them on as they approached and then did the gear check. It was interesting to see what was brought for the 3000 calories of emergency food. Most racers used a jar of peanut butter. Several used a couple pounds of butter. I also saw leftover halloween candy, Costco-sized jar of Nutella, a big bag of Lindt chocolates and, most nasty, olive oil.

The last two racers, the only two skiers, reached the finish at 8:30 am and then we helped pack everything up. @MNLittleFinn was scheduled to help with the cleanup/packup, but we ended early so I think we had most everything taken care of by the time he showed up. I had a good conversation with him but forgot to get a picture. He's dealing bursitis in his foot but is hopeful he can run the Zumbro 50M in April followed by the Superior Spring 50K in May (which I also signed up for). His wife signed up for the 17M at Zumbro so what Erik is hoping to do is run two laps of his race (which is 3 laps total and starts 8 hours earlier) and join his wife for her lap and his final lap. Very cool if it works out. I'm planning on volunteering for most of that race, then pacing one of the 100M runners for a lap. I have my 50M race two weeks later so I decided not to race Zumbro.

It was a lot of fun, particularly this being the first year. I plan on volunteering for this every year. You can see photo here and here.

I had planned an hour on the elliptical yesterday but I was too tired. I did some core work instead.

Me at the finish line

My goal for January was only 40 and I'm almost there!

So Saturday when I went for my actually-outside-run (tm) a woman pushing a stroller saw me and derisively said "woah," which I can only imagine was from my giant scarf that I used instead of a scary balaclava which I couldn't find (it was like minus 30). I need to get 9 more 5 km runs in this months to meet my goal! I will try to get outside for some of those even though it is frigid; I think the fresh air and sunlight are good for me.

My January goal is 60 km. I'm working towards a 59:59 10 km

1/2: Stair climber + beginner core workout (see bodyfit by amy, beginner ab workout on youtube)
1/3: 5 km (treadmill)
1/4: 5 km (treadmill, 31:50)
*brief break for small medical issue*
1/12: 5 km (outside!)
1/14: Stair climber / cross train day (while watching the great british baking show on my phone)

Oh yes! And I signed up for my 10 km! It's on mother's day in May!

RunsOnEspresso wrote: »

As DH would say, you never have to twist my arm to go to Hawaii. He does think I'm weird for wanting to go places and run though so that is the harder part.

Dang Muggles

1/1 = 10 miles & FB Strong Day 1
1/2 = FB Strong Day 2
1/3 = 3 miles and FB Strong Day 3
1/4 = 18 miles
1/5 = FB Strong day 4
1/6 = 8 miles & FB Strong day 5
1/7 = FB Strong day 6 (easy recovery yoga day)
1/8 = 3 miles & FBS day 8
1/9 = 10 miles & FBS day 9
1/10 = 3 miles & FBS day 10
1/11 = 6 miles and FBS day 11
1/12 = rest day
1/13 = 8 miles with running group
1/14 = FBS Day 12 (lower body) & 13 (yoga recovery)

My husband is now sick with a cold so I am currently avoiding him like the plague. I wonder if I can sleep at work....

If he gets me sick before Miami I am making him do all the cleaning, cooking and dishes for a year.

January goal miles = 75 / Miles to date = 66

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#latest

My plan calls for a rest day today, but am not sure I am going to respect that yet... too sunny for that

Today’s run was not good. I felt so shaky and dizzy by mile 2 that I just had to head home, coming in a mile-and-a-half shy of plan. I haven’t really made sure I’ve been eating more since upping the marathon training miles, eating more doesn’t seem to come naturally to me, so I suspect it is that. I’ve had a big dinner and feel loads better now, plus I’ve meal prepped my lunches for the week so I’m fuelling more effectively.

January Running Challenge
2nd - 4 miles
5th - 7 miles (0.8WU + 10km race)
6th - 5 miles
7th - 4 miles
8th - 7 miles
10th - 5 miles
11th - 3 miles (Orangetheory)
12th - 13.5 miles
14th - 3.5 miles

Goal: 52/125 miles

Race Calendar
20th January - Windsor Winter HM
10th March - Grizzly 20mile
7th April - Manchester Marathon