January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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Forgot to put this up with my earlier post: today is new shoe SaturdayBrooks adrenalineandnew New Balance 860's
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OSUbuckeye906 wrote: »Hello MRCers! I know it's been awhile, but I wanted to pop in and ask a random question...does anybody have experience with popping/snapping hip syndrome? I'm not sure if that's what I have, but I've noticed for the last few years that sometimes my right hip will click or pop. It will always do this when I am lying flat on my back with my right leg extended straight upward and I slowly lower it to the floor. It's not painful, however I've had a lot of minor (and a few larger) injuries on my right side the past few years due to weak hips and I am wondering if the two are likely related.
Yes. But it could be as @rheddmobile suggested. Nothing to be concerned about. But, In my experience, with too many hip related issues, is that you should find someone reputable to evaluate you, especially if you are having chronic injuries.
Both of my hips do it too. Although, I do have ongoing issues. My right is worse and I have (not to scare you, but as an example) a labrum tear and rotational irregularity where to align the femur into the hip socket, I have to turn my foot inwards. (Increased femoral anteversion). Nuff about my woes... haha! Anyway, see someone great. PT may help and prolong your running enjoyment.
Good luck!
ETA not a doctor. Just gimpy6 -
Eye surgery done and I'm recovered enough to go run. Got on the treadmill for some intervals today, 7 miles. Slow overall, but intervals were fast. Unfortunately, low BG towards the end didn't help.
ETA:
I'm signed up for a marathon Apr. 13 and thinking about a 50K on Apr. 20 and another marathon on Apr. 6. If I keep having slow days like today, that will teach me not to sign up for any more than the Apr. 13.
I'm also signed up for the Chicago Marathon in Oct. as a fundraiser entry.11 -
@dreamer12151 - I can't use NUUN either and I have a bunch of it. I have tried various others including Tailwind and GUs (which I can't stand at any point in a run/race). My nutritionist recommended SKRATCH Labs and it has worked the best for me. I like the Lemon Lime Sports Hydration the best. I also use their energy chews for long runs and racing. I was able to get them at REI here to try before I ordered a bunch of it.
@Scott6255 - GO! GO! GO! You've got this!! Hope the marathon is amazing and that all the hotel issues work themselves out!
@workaholic_nurse - Congratulations too on your new distance PR! Also thanks on the sweet comments. Being injured sucks and I definitely have my really down moments but staying connected with you all and all the running and racing, helps keep me focused on getting back to it as soon as possible (never soon enough though!).
More on that injury topic... I saw the sports ortho doctor last week. He thinks I may not have an actual stress fracture but a stress reaction (precursor to fracture and like a severe bruise). He also doesn't think it is fully healed so I am out another 6 weeks minimum. He wants me to go to PT with a therapist whose specialty is feet and is also a runner. They will do a gait analysis and new orthotics. He wants to get to the underlying cause of the injury so it doesn't just keep recurring. I am hoping to get started with that next week if at all possible (waiting for them to call back to schedule). There is no chance of running or run/walking my HM in February so I will likely defer my entry to next year. I would like to talk to the therapist first though, part of me is sure I could just walk it but I am not sure why I would even want to do that.
Yesterday I hit the gym for more cycling. I was planning to go back to cycle tomorrow morning before the football games but we took Hobbes the Vizsla to watch an AKC Lure Coursing trial today and it looks like so much fun I entered him to run it tomorrow morning.
I also bought a water running belt yesterday and convinced DH to heat the pool so I can run in it on Monday. Should be interesting at the least and maybe fun, I think...11 -
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
1/11 – rest day
1/12 – 15.94 warmup, 5 mile race, post-race easy run
1/13 – 12.46 easy with hills
1/14 – rest day
1/15 – 8.19 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/16 – 10.01 easy to MP
1/17 – 9.82 warmup, speed work, cool down
1/18 – rest day
1/19 – 15.12 with snow and wind
January running total to date – 147.38
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 – The local media is all excited about a major winter storm this weekend. I figured I needed to get out early to run today, before it got bad. So I planned to go to a paced group run (not the group I pace for) at 7:30 AM.
It snowed during the night. I almost rolled over and went back to sleep, but I looked and it seemed reasonable to just drive over the snow in my driveway; so I did that. Got onto clear roads, got to the store. Temperature at run time was 18° F (-8°C), with allegedly 12 mph W wind. Set out with the 8:30 group because of the iffy surface, but caught up to the 8:00 group early because they slowed down more for the snow covered sidewalk early on than I did.
There was a southerly component to the wind making the initial SSE leg cold before I warmed up. Then we turned west into the teeth of the wind. Cold, but manageable, and eventually I warm up. Ended up running the first 6 mile loop with another guy whose natural pace was about the same as mine; then he dropped off. There was another 3 mile loop, for a total of 9 sponsored miles; but I wanted 16.
Got to a point early in the 3 mile loop where I couldn't figure out the tic sheet directions. Of course, I was alone. If I'd been with regulars from this group, they would have just told me what it meant and then I'd know. Decided it didn't really matter, because I needed to add distance anyway; so I took what I knew was a divergence from the route farther north, and ran a familiar road back south. Took an alternate route further south to go through Genesee Valley Park; the park roads were snow covered but had almost no traffic. Got out of the park, and estimated I'd added 2.5 miles to the route. Well, I need more. Turned the wrong way on East River Road, and ran an out and back for about 1.3 miles. The westbound out was quite pleasant, and I began to see pretty snowflakes in the air. Only difficulty is that I don't like Garmin measured out and backs, they're psychologically longer than running to a landmark.
Turned around, and you guessed it. Now I'm eastbound into a wind that has picked up, and it's blowing snow in my face. That wasn't too bad getting back my 1.3 miles, but another major fraction of a mile also featured snow covered surface and traffic. I estimated I'd get back about 14 to 14.5 miles, and on that stretch I was ready to quit.
After a mercifully brief northbound stretch on a major road, with the wind having shifted to have a serious northerly component, I turned west. That let me recover enough to stretch the route with one more adjustment before I turned back north on a lesser road, the east into that wind while running on snow-covered sidewalk. Ended up getting past 15 miles, and that would have to be good enough.
I should have predicted that northerly wind as soon as I saw snow flakes. When it's 18° F, and you're 6 miles south of Lake Ontario, a northerly wind and snow just go hand in hand.
I think I had a fairly impressive ice beard, but I wasn't willing to unpack my phone to take a picture. I know when I took my glasses off, there was ice on the bridge of the glasses. I wish I'd got that selfie. And there was ice rattling around in my water bottle when I took a gel at 7+ miles (about 72 minutes into the run). I blew into the bottle to clear the valve in the hope of not having the valve freeze up like they did at the 2015 Winter Warrior Half; but it turned out I didn't need more water and my Nuun didn't freeze. There were still a few flakes of ice in the water when I emptied it into a glass after I got home.
The training week came in at 55.6 miles, compared to a target of 56 miles. Close enough, given the conditions this morning. Tomorrow I'd like to run 8 miles, but I haven't seen any plows come past since I got home. I conjecture that the town is saving budget in expectation of the serious snow this evening, and there is a significant chance it won't be practical to run on the roads tomorrow. Yes, I could run with a bit of snow on the roads; but it isn't safe to run when the plows are active.
Shoveled the driveway about 3:30 PM; that wasn't bad. I expect I'll need to use the snowblower tomorrow, then I should be able to handle it with the shovel for the 2 or 3 days of lake effect snow after tomorrow.
Even with the nuisance of the snow, running 15 miles outside was a lot more satisfying that running 7+ miles of speed work inside. But maybe that's just because I'm not fond of speed work in general.
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) finished in 33:10
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 13, 2019 BAA 5K (Boston, MA)
April 15, 2019 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA to Boston, MA)
November 3, 2019 TCS New York City Marathon (New York, NY)7 -
I weigh myself *almost* every other Monday. It's about the only time I remember. Mornings aren't my strong suit.4
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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)
Jan 10 1.5= 16.83/30, walking 3.97 (after run)
Jan 11 1.5= 18.33/30 walking 7.37 (after run)
Jan 12 rest day
Jan 13 0/18.33 rough weekend, back at it today
Jan 14 1.5= 19.83/30
Jan 15 non. Haven't been feeling well I will be back at it again Today!
Jan 16 1.5= 21.33/30 walking 11.98 (after run)
Jan 17 1.5= 22.83/30 walking 9.14 (after run)
Jan 18 1.88= 24.71/30 walking 5.35 (after run)
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midwesterner85 wrote: »Eye surgery done and I'm recovered enough to go run. Got on the treadmill for some intervals today, 7 miles. Slow overall, but intervals were fast. Unfortunately, low BG towards the end didn't help.
ETA:
I'm signed up for a marathon Apr. 13 and thinking about a 50K on Apr. 20 and another marathon on Apr. 6. If I keep having slow days like today, that will teach me not to sign up for any more than the Apr. 13.
I'm also signed up for the Chicago Marathon in Oct. as a fundraiser entry.
Glad to hear your ready to run again! That race schedule April 6,13 and 20th sounds insane. I hope it pans out for you!4 -
workaholic_nurse wrote: »Forgot to put this up with my earlier post: today is new shoe SaturdayBrooks adrenalineandnew New Balance 860's
/Happy dance 🤯🎉
Does that say “14D” on that shoe box? Definitely happy dance when you find shoes in your size! My dd wears 11-12 women’s and just gave up and buys men’s shoes. She’s a girly girl too, so it terribly hard to find nice shoes for her.4 -
1/7: 3.5, 13.5/50
1/9: 4.0, 17.5/50
1/10 2.0 19.5 / 50 (treadmill)
1/11 3.7 23.2/50
1/13 3.1 26.3/50 (treadmill)
1/14 3.3 29.6/50 (treadmill)
1/18 3.3 32.9/50 (treadmill)
1/19 3.0 35.9/50 (treadmill)
A little behind on keeping up with the challenge.9 -
Jan 01 – 10.8 km inc parkrun 29:23
Jan 05 – 05.0 km parkrun 29:08
Jan 07 – 13.0 km
Jan 09 – 12.0 km
Jan 11 – 01.0 km cut short due to hayfever tight throat
Jan 12 – 05.0 km parkrun 29:36
Jan 13 – 15.0 km
Jan 16 – 05.0 km
Jan 17 – 10.0 km including Mona Fartleks
Jan 19 – 05.0 km parkrun 31.25
Jan 20 – 21.2 km
Completed my January "A Goal" and ran a lovely comfortable half marathon distance this morning.
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dreamer12151 wrote: »Now I've had my Garmin tell me I've been "Unproductive" or even "Detraining" before...but now, I just think she's messing with me!
@dreamer12151 I've had "Over-reaching" this week, because I messed with my Heart Rate Zones then forgot what they were supposed to be.
Googled a bit and remembered to set them to %HRR (percent of Heart Rate Reserve).
Because I'm 51 and have a low Resting Heart Rate for a woman (47 BPM at the moment), this means that when I had set it to %MHR (percent of Max Heart Rate) my Zone 2 was 117-135, but now my Zone 2 actually 136-151, so now my Garmin won't freak out on an easy run.7 -
@eleanorhawkins thanks for mentioning that DOMS causes water retention. I did not know that, and given today is the first day I could wolk properly so it's probably that which caused the scales to go up. I feel so much better knowing that.
Stupid annoying scales lol
@Avidkeo Came across this yesterday which gives even more info about weight gain after starting/increased/intense exercise.
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/ah4fau/psa_a_recent_increase_in_exercise_often_causes_a/?st=JR2E1FXY&sh=33477c16
Summary:
1. Increase in blood volume.
2. Kidneys retain water to produce more blood.
3. Muscles retain water.
I've been weighing myself daily for nearly 4 years, and my weight jumps about 1 kg the next day every time I do a big run or hard workout. It's totally normal, and part of how your body heals and gets stronger.7 -
@eleanorhawkins thanks for mentioning that DOMS causes water retention. I did not know that, and given today is the first day I could wolk properly so it's probably that which caused the scales to go up. I feel so much better knowing that.
Stupid annoying scales lol
@Avidkeo Came across this yesterday which gives even more info about weight gain after starting/increased/intense exercise.
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/ah4fau/psa_a_recent_increase_in_exercise_often_causes_a/?st=JR2E1FXY&sh=33477c16
Summary:
1. Increase in blood volume.
2. Kidneys retain water to produce more blood.
3. Muscles retain water.
I've been weighing myself daily for nearly 4 years, and my weight jumps about 1 kg the next day every time I do a big run or hard workout. It's totally normal, and part of how your body heals and gets stronger.
wow thanks! Ive been on this journey long enough by now you think Id know this and gotten over the scale annoyances! but no. at least I dont let it derail me anymore, I just get annoyed by it lol and vent here where you are all so fantastic to not only listen but understand and give me reassurance!5 -
1.1.19: 10.5 @ 9:31/M (10.5) Long Run
1.2.19: Scheduled Rest Day
1.3.19: 4.5 @ 8:39/M (15) Pace Run
1.4.19: 5.0 @ 9:18/M (20) Easy Run
1.5.19: Scheduled Rest Day
1.6.19: 5.0 @ 9:38/M (25) Easy Run
1.7.19: 4.5 @ 8:29/M (29.5) Fartlek Run
1.8.19: 10.3 @ 9:40/M (39.8) Long Run
1.9.19: Scheduled Rest Day
1.10.19: SKIPPED Pace Run (tummy ache)
1.11.19: 5.0 @ 8:57/M (44.8) Medium Run
1.12.19: Scheduled Rest Day
1.13.19: 4.0 @ 9:15/M (48.8) Easy Run
1.14.19: SKIPPED Speedwork
1.15.19: 4.0 @ 9:06/M (52.8) Easy Run
1.16.19: Scheduled Rest Day
1.17.19: 4.0 @ 8:30/M (56.8) Pace Run
1.18.19: 3.4 @ 8:45/M (60.2) Long Run cut short due to snow.
1.19:18: Scheduled Rest Day
Sorry I’ve been out of the loop for a few days. Visiting family in the NE. Did a 30 minute Long Run due to snow instead of 80 minutes. But 30 is better than 0 so I packed it in early when visibility started to really drop. I used this week as a reduced load week- my body needed it.9 -
And just spent half an hour catching up. I hope everyone's races go well! Love the pics @orphia
Today was a rest day so the kids and I went to the East Coast to visit a friend (we live on the west coast) - this sounds less impressive than it was, it's only a 2hr drive. We had a fantastic day paddling in the water and generally hanging out at the beach.
Miss 4.5s first time in a kayak - she lived it
Miss 4.5 guiding miss 2.5 to the car
Sand!
View from the deck at friends batch
Sadly despite my best efforts I got sunburn on my neck but hopefully it's not too bad. I have the kind of complexion that doesn't tan. I start white, turn into a lobster, then just go back to white.
The talk of training plans made me have a look and set a plan for the next few weeks. I'm going to do another one before my HM in June, and I see Hal Hagidon has a base building plan. Perfect! So will do that for several weeks while I pick what plan I do. It feels good to have an actual plan, rather than winging it. Happy place!15 -
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)
1/15 = 3 miles & FBS day 15
1/16 = 8 miles (with emergency pit-stop intervals) & a last defeated mile walk home
1/17 = FB Strong day 16 (half effort at a core workout. Still feeling a little under the weather)
1/18 = rest day
1/19 = 8 miles
It was windy but beautiful today. There was a wind advisory but it was also 40 degrees F and sunny. I couldn’t pass up a run. The wind made it feel like I was running in a farkin’ Hurricane. At one point, I was trying to run uphill in 30-40 mph wind gusts. I was trying to go faster but ended up almost standing still with the headwind blowing so strong against me. I had to stop and walk because I was laughing so hard at the ridiculousness of it.
I am going to go a little over my scheduled taper miles this week. I convinced a running acquaintance to go for a 10:30 pm dark lunar eclipse run in the park. I am ridiculously slow and uncoordinated running in the dark but the thought of running under a lunar eclipse is too awesome to pass up. Plus, my running friend is a little sad from a recent death of her friend. I hope this will take her mind off of it.
Everyone else I know is running the Austin 3M half tomorrow. I usually work on Sunday so I usually have to call in all the favors to get another person to cover. I already called in those favors for Miami next Sunday.
Why are most 1/2 and full marathons on Sundays? Is it a permit thing? Traffic thing? I try I scoop up all the local Saturday races when they crop up.
January goal miles = 75 / Miles to date = 85
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#latest11 -
Oh good, temps this AM are 0 to -10F and roads are snow covered ice. Perfect weather if your name is @7lenny7 I guess!
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I bought new gloves and a zip up yesterday to be able to run in the cold a bit better (ok, not the type of cold as some of you get, but cold for London!) and got to try it out this morning. Felt a lot more comfortable, although I think I need a new hat!
In fact, this morning was lovely for a run - clear, dry, not windy, sun shining and 0 degrees C! I like the cold though, so that does help. The only issue I had was the shock of the cold on my breathing for the first half a mile or so, think I'm just unused to it.
06Jan - 2.8 miles (outdoor)
07Jan - 1.4 miles (treadmill)
10Jan - 1.5 miles (treadmill)
11Jan - 2 miles (treadmill)
13Jan - 4 miles (outdoor)
14Jan - 1.9 miles (treadmill)
17Jan - 1.9 miles (treadmill)
18Jan - 1.5 miles (treadmill)
20Jan - 4.6 miles (outdoor)
Total so far: 21.6 miles of 20 (errr yeah, might be a bit more ambitious next month!)10 -
@Orphia Lovely pics😁.
@Avidkeo looks like y'all had a blast,esp the kiddos🏖😀PastorVincent wrote: »Oh good, temps this AM are 0 to -10F and roads are snow covered ice. Perfect weather if your name is @7lenny7 I guess!
Sounds about right sir😂.
Headed out for recovery run in my new shoes🏃♂️😀!9 -
amymoreorless wrote: »1/1 = 10 miles & FB Strong Day 1
Why are most 1/2 and full marathons on Sundays? Is it a permit thing? Traffic thing? I try I scoop up all the local Saturday races when they crop up.
I was going to say it's just a tradition, but I thought a reason this tradition might exist:
Races are in the morning. If you put the race on Sunday morning, people who aren't local can more easily travel on Saturday, race Sunday morning, and return home Sunday afternoon. This gives the organizer a wider geographic range to draw runners from. Drawing people in to stay overnight helps local businesses, which helps the race organizer get local community support for disrupting traffic flow on roads. And disruption of traffic flow is less critical on Sunday than on Saturday in most places with Anglo cultural heritage.
For a shorter race, it's less important. Fewer roads are closed, and they aren't closed for as long. You can find routes where you don't need to close any major roads. If you want a wider pull, you can just have your 5K or 10K start at 10 or 11 instead of 7 or 8 on Saturday. I ran a regional XC series that started at 11 AM; this let participants all over upstate NY get to the race with reasonable morning logistics, even though most races in the series would be a substantial drive for any given participant. (They were scattered from near Ithaca to near Buffalo.) Granted, these races were on Sundays; but the same idea would work for Saturday races no longer than 10K.5 -
amymoreorless wrote: »1/1 = 10 miles & FB Strong Day 1
Why are most 1/2 and full marathons on Sundays? Is it a permit thing? Traffic thing? I try I scoop up all the local Saturday races when they crop up.
I was going to say it's just a tradition, but I thought a reason this tradition might exist:
Races are in the morning. If you put the race on Sunday morning, people who aren't local can more easily travel on Saturday, race Sunday morning, and return home Sunday afternoon. This gives the organizer a wider geographic range to draw runners from. Drawing people in to stay overnight helps local businesses, which helps the race organizer get local community support for disrupting traffic flow on roads. And disruption of traffic flow is less critical on Sunday than on Saturday in most places with Anglo cultural heritage.
For a shorter race, it's less important. Fewer roads are closed, and they aren't closed for as long. You can find routes where you don't need to close any major roads. If you want a wider pull, you can just have your 5K or 10K start at 10 or 11 instead of 7 or 8 on Saturday. I ran a regional XC series that started at 11 AM; this let participants all over upstate NY get to the race with reasonable morning logistics, even though most races in the series would be a substantial drive for any given participant. (They were scattered from near Ithaca to near Buffalo.) Granted, these races were on Sundays; but the same idea would work for Saturday races no longer than 10K.
Depends a lot where you live. The big local races were on Saturdays when I lived in Lynchburg, VA. Here in Pittsburgh, there are on Sundays. Which I miss like 90% of them. Saves me money I guess.
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I weigh myself most every day, and used to record daily in an app that averaged it for me, with a weekly spreadsheet log. I kind of wish I would have kept that up, and even recorded daily... but I need to draw a line for my obsessiveness somewhere.@eleanorhawkins thanks for mentioning that DOMS causes water retention. I did not know that, and given today is the first day I could wolk properly so it's probably that which caused the scales to go up. I feel so much better knowing that.
Stupid annoying scales lol
@Avidkeo Came across this yesterday which gives even more info about weight gain after starting/increased/intense exercise.
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/ah4fau/psa_a_recent_increase_in_exercise_often_causes_a/?st=JR2E1FXY&sh=33477c16
Summary:
1. Increase in blood volume.
2. Kidneys retain water to produce more blood.
3. Muscles retain water.
I've been weighing myself daily for nearly 4 years, and my weight jumps about 1 kg the next day every time I do a big run or hard workout. It's totally normal, and part of how your body heals and gets stronger.
I just had a conversation about this with a coworker on Friday, after having started lifting again this week. I'll have to share this with her. She'll appreciate it, too. Thank you!
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ETA: Friday was a scheduled rest day. I woke up with the sore throat my son has had for the past week and a half, with all the rest of the symptoms yesterday. My husband convinced me that coughing while exercising was probably not a good combination. I was looking forward to running another 5k today, but am really grateful for the 10 hours of sleep last night.6 -
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
1-15 Rest
1-16 7k slow
1-17 7k easy
1-18 Rest
1-19 10k slow
1-20 Snow Day
January Total: 93k
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.
Might not have gotten as much snow as predicted, but enough so I don't want to take on the snow plows.
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so I played in a volleyball tournament yesterday. For the first time in 3 years. I AM SO SORE.
run today to try to move that lactic acid around.14 -
200+ messages since last time I came online, but I’ve had a busy few days with my brother being hospitalised so it’ll take me a while to catch up.
Nonetheless, I still managed to drag my tired and stressed backside to run a HM today and goodness knows how, but I got a 2minute PB! Not only am I thrilled, but it makes me wonder what I’d be able to do if I weren’t tired from marathon training, weren’t stressed and had fuelled and slept properly yesterday. I think I’ve got a faster time in my legs!
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
15th - 4 miles + 2 miles (Orangetheory)
17th - 3 miles
18th - 7 miles
20th - 13.1 miles Race 1:47:44 PB
Goal: 81.1/125 miles
Race Calendar
20th January - Windsor Winter HM
10th March - Grizzly 20mile
7th April - Manchester Marathon25 -
Morning all!
@MobyCarp that's interesting and makes a lot of sense. We have a run/walk series here that has an event almost every month in different parts of the region. Most of their events are on a Saturday but I don't think they are trying to appeal to people travelling much, its mostly for "locals" or those who don't have to drive more than about 2 hrs.
Woo hoo well done @louubelle16
Todays plan thank to Hal was a 5k run. I woke about 5 mins before alarm went off, almost turned it off then reminded myself how much I actually enjoy running (really??) got up and went out. I'm starting to get some discomfort in my calves. 3 options - 1 I need to get used to regular running again, I've been sporadic at best since November. 2 - I need to stretch better, especially since I've also started a weight lifting program. 3 - shoes are starting to show signs of wear. According to garmin I've done around 465km (288 miles). These are asics gel kayano. I should have more wear in them than that right? I'm leaning a combination of 1and 2 because knees and posterior tibial ligaments are not complaining. Still time to start saving for another pair of shoes. I figure around 6 months is probably about right and I got them in September.
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louubelle16 wrote: »Nonetheless, I still managed to drag my tired and stressed backside to run a HM today and goodness knows how, but I got a 2minute PB! Not only am I thrilled, but it makes me wonder what I’d be able to do if I weren’t tired from marathon training, weren’t stressed and had fuelled and slept properly yesterday. I think I’ve got a faster time in my legs!
Well done!
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Awesome job @louubelle16! Sometimes you can just pull out a great race from nowhere but I bet you're right that you have a faster time in you! Well done.2
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Yesterday I got to run 5.48 miles around Lake Harriet. It was 9 degrees F, so technically not my coldest run ever since it was the same when I ran home from the gym on Friday, but definitely my coldest run around a lake. The weather said the wind was 5-10 MPH putting the chill under 0, but the route I took was pretty well sheltered. In spite of the cold I saw a lot of other runners, plus quite a few walkers and a handful of ice skaters. The sun is a strong draw!
Whoever recommended I keep a record of my clothes and weather conditions during the winter, thank you! This is a time when I really miss living in the Pacific Northwest - weather was just a lot simpler, at least in the winter. Here, what I wear depends on road condition, precipitation, humidity, wind, sky-cover, and temperature. (Growing up in Northern California, the only thing I cared about in winter was "is it raining or not"?) Even though this was one of my coldest runs so far (it’s been a mild winter) I have a number of data points that let me put together a pretty good outfit. And I knew enough to go back inside and take off a shirt before I even got going.
For those curious about running in bonkers cold, I wore: Peregrine ice trail shoes, injinji liner socks, Smartwool tights, Wright socks, REI trail leggings, running shorts, Smartwool butt coat, turtleneck base layer, racerback, Brooks jacket, tech gloves, a buff around my neck and face, and a knit hat. The biggest issue was keeping my glasses from fogging and frosting up when I pulled up the buff. Sometimes I can get things arranged so I don't have that problem, but yesterday was not that day.
Yesterday and the day before are the first times I’ve worn the Brooks jacket I bought way back in fall 2017 for running and didn’t overheat, so there’s a good data-point. I tried out the fleece mitts @7Lenny7 (I think?) recommended a while back but didn’t love them - I’ve got small hands and they just distracted me too much. My hands rarely get that cold and tend to get warmer over the course of a run so I think I’m just a weirdo there.
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