February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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I feel sooooo lame. I am not a great runner. Can I commit to 30 miles..... and not get made fun of?
I had a monthly goal of however many days were in the month for the longest time, running three days a week. It's better to start off slowly than to do too much too fast and get injured!6 -
I feel sooooo lame. I am not a great runner. Can I commit to 30 miles..... and not get made fun of?
@smarzii that's a great goal! Welcome!
In my three and a half years of participating in these threads I've never seen anyone made fun of for their running. It absolutely won't happen. You'll get nothing but support here. You're a runner same as everyone else here.
This, what he said.
oh and @pastorvincent Im sticking with rightleftrightleftrightleft, you know, different hemisphere and all that. I might switch it up in winter when its a bit cooler11 -
Count me in. I think this is my third month with a goal of 30 miles. Third time's the charm!?13
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@7lenny7 Thanks for setting up this month's running challenge!
I have my marathon on the 9th, so with reduced mileage from tapering, race day itself, and then some gentle recovery mileage after that (which I've yet to sit down and plan out), I imagine I'm in for probably 120 miles this month.13 -
I was just wondering, do ANY of us think of ourselves as a "great runner"?
I sure don't. But I love running, and that's why I keep going, slowly but surely.18 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »I was just wondering, do ANY of us think of ourselves as a "great runner"?
I sure don't. But I love running, and that's why I keep going, slowly but surely.
I'm not so great on running days, but I can really crush the rest days.27 -
@Tramboman LOL SAME4
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This, what he said.I feel sooooo lame. I am not a great runner. Can I commit to 30 miles..... and not get made fun of?
@smarzii that's a great goal! Welcome!
In my three and a half years of participating in these threads I've never seen anyone made fun of for their running. It absolutely won't happen. You'll get nothing but support here. You're a runner same as everyone else here.
oh and @pastorvincent Im sticking with rightleftrightleftrightleft, you know, different hemisphere and all that. I might switch it up in winter when its a bit cooler
Oh that is a good point - you spend your whole life upside down after all.5 -
YOU GUYS ARE SO COOL! I really want to become that girl who runs every day to feel good. Trying to change my coping mechanisms.
Many of us run for mental health reasons. Some just because it is generally frowned on to give people high fives... to the face... with a chair. Running tends to be frowned out less than that.
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Welcome @annshandle, @smarzii, and @Crafty_camper123! @zeesparrow third month here is great! Hope it's a good one for you.
Great to see you @ariceroni! Glad you are recovered and slowly getting back to training.
I just came here to check in and bookmark the thread. I'll be back with a goal later. February being a short month and having a half marathon on the 24th will probably mean a cut-back in mileage. Please god don't let it be this cold for the HM in a few weeks because I am not that hearty. After I survive that though, at the very end of February I'm headed to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona for a few days to escape the cold (it's for work, but let's concentrate on the positive - I'll get to run where it's warm!).
On the topic of whether we think we're good runners or not, a little inspiration:
Ha! I kid - this is from Dumb Runner, which I just discovered today and it's cracking me up.
This one, LOL - I'm sure our own @garygse is more than happy to give you a little push though.
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February challenge up ALREADY?! Whoa....this year is flying!
Since when I come up with a mileage, something happens, I'll just say: If I run all the miles on my 15K plan, then I'll get in 52 miles. That would get me the "Gold Badge" on my Nike app, which I really want to get. And, bump me up to the next milestone in the Green level. Really hoping to get there.
HOWEVER, since I don't want to set a number level, I'll set my goals to: keeping to the plan (run, cross & yoga) as much as possible, completing the Gasparilla 15K, and continuing to run after. (have a history of falling off track after an event. Working on staying strong)
@smarziii Every runner starts somewhere. Find your joy and keep with it. Some of the best advice given to me at a race by a guy who took 3rd place overall was "Just don't stop running". I ran like a fool when I 1st started almost 6 years ago, then I started over training, over goaling myself. Keep the fun in it, and no one will make fun of you, you just might inspire someone else and not even know it!
@garygse Thank you for inspiring and encouraging me! There are times when I've finished a run and you have given "Kudos" on Strava before I've even taken my running shoes off! True, my running level isn't anywhere NEAR yours, but that you so much!10 -
@katharmonic I love mark remy! He use to write for runners world and went out on his own.
Welcome to all the newbies! And as always I love seeing the regulars! @garygse I know your a week out still on that marathon, but I’m already anxious for the race report.
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I don’t really want to set a running goal. I seem to be having some intermittent dizziness, dr. google suggests BPPV, benign proximal positional vertigo. I have an appointment the 15th with the ear guy since I have ringing and sensorineural hearing loss, but kinda don’t care and wanna cancel the appointment. I think running will be a bad thing since I can’t seem to turn my head without a wave of even the slightest dizziness. So...
30 miles it’ll be. Or not to be. That is ... why does my house smell like feet cheese? WTK! (What the kitten).
@7lenny7 thanks for setting us up! You’re awesome. How’d that pork belly turn out?10 -
@Elise4270 the pork belly is still curing. I plan on smoking it this weekend. There will be photos
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I'm in for 75 again this month. Since February is a short month and who knows what the weather will be like I am going to set a conservative goal.
Welcome to all the newbies. This is a fun group with many different levels of runners. So don't geel like your goal isn't as good as anyone else's. No one here will make fun of anyone's goal.10 -
Tallied all the runs and got 90 something. I'll commit to 80km to give myself some wiggle room.
Welcome to all the new people!8 -
I'm in for 75 miles in February, 15 more than last month, but last month I took a week off of tracking while on vacation.
Happy running! 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️10 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »@eleanorhawkins wrote: »I feel sooooo lame. I am not a great runner. Can I commit to 30 miles..... and not get made fun of?
Don't feel lame, you'll see pretty much everything here from yards to gazillions of miles. Some of us are coming back from injuries, others have just started, others are preparing for marathons or running marathon distances almost every day because they're crazy just for the fun of it. I personally don't expect to reach 30 miles so you'll be ahead of me ;-)
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lol I aspire to be that crazy one day but for now it's way out of my league. My craziness atm is limited to spending most of the night plotting out a training plan for the next 10 months, cause sleep is so overrated.7 -
Maths says 120km for me this month.10
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My half training plan should give me a little over 60 miles, so I’ll set my goal at 60 and hopefully go past that.9
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