January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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W2D1 of c25k done. I usually run with whatever music comes up on my playlist, but today I decided to use a run list based on certain beats per minute. So, today I listed to a playlist that was 170-180 bpm and I found that it really helped me get more focussed on my running and I had a really good run. During the 5th running interval I could feel my right hip flexor tighten a little, I have really tight hip flexors, so I did some stretching when I got home.
1/14--W1D1
1/16--W1D2
1/18--W1D3
1/21--W2D1
Mercer Island 5k--March 24
Fall City Day 10K--June 8
Chuckanut Foot Race (7 miles)--July 6
Yukon Do it! 1/2 marathon--December
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Congratulations to @Scott6255 @RunsOnEspresso , @rheddmobile , @louubelle16, @mbaker566 ! So many great races this weekend!
I forgot to update my miles yesterday. An easy 1.3 mile loop around the neighborhood with my daughter. She is starting to get in the habit of running with me on Sunday and we are both enjoying it! The morning was so cold for the marathoners in Houston, but warmed up to be a pretty nice day. Sunny and about 50 F.
Jan miles: 35.5 miles
Jan goal: 45 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 registered
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 registered
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 registered
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 registered
Galveston Island Wine Festival Champagne Fun Run 5k - 4/27/2019
Women's Quarter Marathon - 5/2019
El Chupacabra de Houston 10k (night trail run) - 8/2019
TWRC Run WIld Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registration opens Jan 2019
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen
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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
1/20 = 3 miles
1/21 = rest day
Less than a week before Miami so I am scheduled.... for nothing. I even have the day off work. I don’t remember when I last had a lazy bum around day.
January goal miles = 75 / Miles to date = 88
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#latest12 -
3.5 treadmill miles today - a pretty unremarkable run, and I was definitely a bit muscle sore from yesterday, but at least I got it done. Tomorrow is a strength/stretch day; hopefully I'll be able to rest my legs and bit and be ready to get back to my normal schedule for the rest of the week.
39.0/45.0 miles for January so far11 -
HM and Full race days - A quick survey of Minnesota full marathons shows 9 on Saturdays, 6 on Sundays. For HM it's 48 on Saturdays and 10 on Sundays. In Minnesota, at least, Saturday is the favored day for long races. @amymoreorless I looked for Texas and Saturday is favored in Texas too, but it's more even than here. If you take the links above and in the URL change "mn" to "tx" you'll find the texas full and half marathons for the two days. Then you can play around with the filters at the top and get lost down a rabbit hole and end up registering for a few more races.
Oh, no... that site is dangerous! There is a beach marathon in May! I want to sign up! But, I already told two people I would do the mittens challenge with them. I am pretty sure that would kill me (and my checking account). LOL2 -
I’m about 600 posts behind 😫 but again after another forced rest I’ve finally managed to do a run today. I knew I’d struggle to hit my 31km target but feel optimistic that I’m only 2.5km off this months target.
1-1 2km
2-1 3.2km
3-1 5km
4-1 5km
9-1 5km
15-1 3.3km
21-1 5km
Total = 28.5km13 -
They had -31F/-35C temperature (air temp, not wind chill) at the start of this 5K in International Falls... the very north part of Minnesota this past weekend. It had "warmed up" to -26F/-32C for the 10K which started afterwards. They are a hardy breed up there.
The photos are great!
https://www.ifallsjournal.com/news/local/frigid-temps-encourage-runners/article_262675d7-dce3-5dc4-8627-ea51352afc3c.html
here's a before & after (& after) of a guy who ran both races.
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/photos/a.10152712966711686/10157191993686686/
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/videos/222286708719534/
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They had -31F/-35C temperature (air temp, not wind chill) at the start of this 5K in International Falls... the very north part of Minnesota this past weekend. It had "warmed up" to -26F/-32C for the 10K which started afterwards. They are a hardy breed up there.
The photos are great!
https://www.ifallsjournal.com/news/local/frigid-temps-encourage-runners/article_262675d7-dce3-5dc4-8627-ea51352afc3c.html
here's a before & after (& after) of a guy who ran both races.
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/photos/a.10152712966711686/10157191993686686/
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/videos/222286708719534/
Well they sure earned those medals!0 -
They had -31F/-35C temperature (air temp, not wind chill) at the start of this 5K in International Falls... the very north part of Minnesota this past weekend. It had "warmed up" to -26F/-32C for the 10K which started afterwards. They are a hardy breed up there.
The photos are great!
https://www.ifallsjournal.com/news/local/frigid-temps-encourage-runners/article_262675d7-dce3-5dc4-8627-ea51352afc3c.html
here's a before & after (& after) of a guy who ran both races.
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/photos/a.10152712966711686/10157191993686686/
https://www.facebook.com/ifallsjournal/videos/222286708719534/
Now that's *kitten* cold...shivering in my office just reading that. I have been camping in colder weather but have only run in about -20F/-29C. Those are some pretty awesome times as well!
ETA:AWESOME BLING!0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »louubelle16 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep @louubelle16 @girlinahat @eleanorhawkins @rheddmobile and anyone else I missed...
Thanks for the notes on Decathlon! I fully agree UA is overpriced, but its options are slim to compete with it around these parts. I am looking for a mid layer to go over my UA Cold Gear compression shirt for days like today when the thermometer registers 2F (-17C). I have a great top layer, my North Face Windwall (talk about pricey!!) but need a good midlayer.
Can you recommend something form their line? I really need it to wick. That is the problem with my current 1/4 zip that I used to use. It does not wick, so I get chaffing bad.
Thanks!
Having never run in anything colder than -3C courtesy of the UK climate, I wouldn’t know what to recommend on that front, sorry! However, I do know that everything I’ve bought from their running-specific range (note not their more general fitness/gym range which, as seems industry-standard these days, is more about fashion than practicality) is as good at wicking as any of my Nike tops. I have lots of Nike tops to compare, I live 4 miles from a Nike factory outlet, (my poor bank balance ) but I couldn’t tell you how they compare to UA, as I only wear their sports bras.
I suspect that UA and Nike are very similar, I just used to get better deals on UA stuff, but I no longer have access to those deals so need a new way to save some cash
Their web site has lots of errors on it, like this one:
And bigger with more details that clearly show the "t-shirt" is labeled "warm"
I am NOT running outside in 59 Celius, with any pullover on that is for sure.
So that is making it hard to shop!
Hahaha! Some one has poor math skills, or forgot to use google! 138F. Yep. I’d pass (out) there too.1 -
1/1 - 0
1/2 - 4
1/3 - 0
1/4 - 4
1/5 - 4
1/6 - 5
1/7 - 0
1/8 - 4
1/9 - 0
1/10 - 3
1/11 - 0
1/12 - 4
1/13 - 6
1/14 - 0
1/15 - 4
1/16 - 0
1/17 - 5
1/18 - 0
1/19 - 0
1/20 - 4
1/21 - 6
53 of 60 miles10 -
@almostsuperpowered It's -5C in Edmonton so clearly you live in the wrong part of Canada :P
*moves*3 -
Great run and report @Scott6255.2
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Intended to do a 3ish mile loop tonight as a super easy pace. I keep it nice and slow and my heart rate stayed down. About 1.5 miles in, I got the worst cramp in my right rib cage! I could feel the knot in the muscle with my fingers and it hurt so bad to take in a breath. I walked for a bit until it passed and started running again, super slow. Cramped up again. I cut the route short and kept up this painful walk-run cycle because the sun was going down and I was dressed to run. Every time I slowed down I started getting cold. I don’t think I’ve ever had one quite that bad and I’m not sure what caused it. Man, it hurt so bad! I came home and did a FB stretching video and got some foam rolling in. Hope that’s the end of that. Ended up with 2.1 miles tonight.
Jan miles: 37.6 miles
Jan goal: 45 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 registered
Rodeo Run 10k - 2/23/2019 registered
Run Houston! Minute Maid Park 10k - 3/23/2019 registered
Brazos Bend 50 10k - 4/6/2019 registered
Galveston Island Wine Festival Champagne Fun Run 5k - 4/27/2019
Women's Quarter Marathon - 5/2019
El Chupacabra de Houston 10k (night trail run) - 8/2019
TWRC Run WIld Run Free 5k - 9/2019
10 for Texas 10 Miler - 10/2019 registration opens Jan 2019
Wine and Dine half marathon - 11/3/2019
Run the Year 2019 - Team Five for Nineteen
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1/2 1 mile on treadmill
1/4 1 mile on treadmill
1/5 2.13 miles on trail
1/7 1 mile
1/10 1 mile
1/12 2.56 miles on trail
1/13 1.51 miles to the store
1/16 1.5 miles on treadmill
1/20 2.70 miles on trail
14.4 of 30 miles. Gonna have to pick up the pace to make my goal
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Great report @Scott6255. It really was surprising to me too just how incredibly exhausting it is, and then you just have to keep going some more. I mean, I knew that, but doing it was a whole different thing. Well done!
Congratulations also on your great and tough races @RunsOnEspresso , @rheddmobile , @louubelle16, @mbaker566. I enjoyed reading your reports.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 4.0
01/02/19 :::: 5.3 :::: 9.3
01/03/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 9.3
01/04/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 12.9
01/05/19 :::: 10.4 :::: 23.3
01/06/19 :::: 4.3 :::: 27.6
01/07/19 :::: 3.4 :::: 31.0
01/08/19 :::: 3.2 :::: 34.1
01/09/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 37.9
01/10/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 37.9
01/11/19 :::: 7.7 :::: 45.6
01/12/19 :::: 2.0 :::: 47.6
01/13/19 :::: 3.2 :::: 50.8
01/14/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 53.8
01/15/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 57.7
01/16/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 61.7
01/17/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 61.7
01/18/19 :::: 3.5 :::: 65.2
01/19/19 :::: 9.0 :::: 74.2
01/20/19 :::: 5.2 :::: 79.4
01/21/19 :::: 4.3 :::: 83.7
Coach finally cancelled group speedwork kind of last minute tonight due to windchill of -15 F, but I had already decided well ahead that I was not going to run outside. So I hit the treadmill and then went to circuit training class instead. Afterwards I found out the workout was supposed to be 1 minute intervals hard x 10 with 1 minute recovery between. I may try to do the workout on my own on the treadmill tomorrow or later in the week.11 -
Day January
1 2.3
2 0
3 2.6
4 2.85
5 3.1
6 3.1
7 11
8 2.5
9 1.9
10 2.5
11 4
12 8.15
13 0
14 4
15 4.5
16 0
17 0
18 2.75
19 3.15
20 13.18
21 3.25
Total: 74.83
Goal: 115
The goal was 3-4 miles today. I would have liked to have gotten 4 but it just wasn't happening. I felt awkward and my legs were not cooperating. It was more run/walk than run.12 -
@Elise4270 @noblsheep @louubelle16 @girlinahat @eleanorhawkins @rheddmobile and anyone else I missed...
I got a reply back from Joey...Joey wrote:Hello Vincent,
Thank you for your your message in regards to our products. My name is Joey, our running expert here at Decathlon USA.
All of our products are translated from French, but we do tend to add some excessive wordiness to our product names. The shirt you mentioned is a perfect example: "The running warm long sleeved t-shirt." We are working to clean up our product names as time goes on.
As this is a long sleeve pullover, I wouldn't recommend running with it in desert temperatures. There is a typo on the product page and it should read 41 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit. It's a great lightweight running pullover. If you're looking for something to handle a little cooler temperatures, I would go with the warmer version:
https://www.decathlon.com/collections/mens-running-jackets-and-windbreakers/products/mens-kiprun-warm-regular-long-sleeved-zip-t-shirt?variantid=18362491895870
What else can I help you find?
Joey14 -
1/6 - 1.5
1/10 - 1.5
1/12 - 1.65
1/13 - 1.7
1/15 - 1.25
1/19 - 1.75
1/20 - 1.8
I've had to do all my running on the treadmill this weekend. With the snow we got and the negative temps, I couldn't run outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be a warmup to 31 degrees so I'm hoping to get back outside again.
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