February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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February goal: 75 miles
2/2: 13.11 miles
2/5: 5.16 miles
2/6: 5.10 miles
2/7: 5.15 miles
28.52/75 miles completed
I had a great 5.15 mile run this morning! It was colder than I thought it would be but I was dressed just right. I really felt like I was in the zone and just felt good the entire run. I really enjoyed this run. I felt like I could run forever. I had just about decided that the skunks weren't out when one almost scooted out in the road in front of me. I actually gasped out loud and then was worried that I startled him, but when I looked over my shoulder he was just scooting back the other way. I think I startled him a little, but not enough to scare him.
@samanthapanda I'll just echo what the others have said. You certainly won't be laughed at if you walk during your HM. And you have plenty of time to train. Just because you aren't ready now that doesn't mean you won't be ready in May. If you are not following a plan then you should look into one. Hal Higdon plans are really good IMO. And I agree to play around with your pre-run fueling.
2019 Races:
2/2/19: Catch the Groundhog Half Marathon - PR 2:15:176 -
Ugh. 1.5 really ugly treadmill miles today, but better than nothing. I finally realized what my problem is while I was reviewing my Fitbit stats this morning - I haven't gotten more than 5 hours of sleep in a night all week. It's just been one of those weeks. Hopefully I can get back on some kind of schedule ASAP.
7.0/55.0 miles for February so far
Upcoming Race: Unforgettable Footsteps Mardi Gras 5k - 2/913 -
Ran 11.2 km today and actually had to stop to take off a layer (I put the buff/snood thingy through my long sleeved shirt and tied it all around my waist under my jacket to keep it from flapping around or getting lost). Everyone's dogs seem to have thawed out and quite a few came after me, mostly just letting me know I was in their territory. The sun was shining, just like a pretty Spring day. I'm sure Winter will soon be back, but today was nice.13
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February Running
02/01: 3.50 mile easy run
02/03: 6.05 mile long run
02/04: 3.01 mile recovery run
02/06: 5.05 mile run- 4x(400/200E/200/400E)
02/07: 4.03 mile recovery run
Total: 121.63 miles
Run notes:
Nice easy run today during lunch to recovery from yesterday's workout run. My legs felt a little tired, but otherwise good. Some tightness in my calves towards the end of the run, so I need to make sure I stretch and roll them well tonight! It was super super foggy on my run, to the point where I couldn't even see a block away! The front half of my body got completely soaked (and cold), but at least the other half was dry
Upcoming race:
- Excalibur 10 Miler (3/17)
- Wintrust Lakefront 5K (4/13)
- Ravenswood Run 5K (4/28)11 -
I took a bit longer walk today and decided to go up to the overpass to get a shot of the snow covered mountains. Had to manage the picture through the protective fencing but it was the best unobstructed view. It was lovely and cool out today (around 58F) and no cold wind. Foot is feeling fine and now I am getting anxious to see the PT next week and hopefully get cleared to run a bit more.
Date........Miles.......Total
02/01......1.91.......1.91 - + Cycling
02/02......0.00.......1.91
02/03......0.00.......1.91 - + Cycling
02/04......2.25.......4.16 - + Cycling
02/05......1.57.......5.73 - + Strength Training
02/06......2.10.......7.83
02/07......2.40.....10.23 - + Strength Training
My completed and/or upcoming races. Let me know if you will be running them too.
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon (iffy) Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon23 -
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has responded to my piteous post and been so supportive. I really appreciate all the advice. I started jogging a few years ago, never usually more than 3 steady miles and always with a partner, and we never got out more than twice a week. I have done 3 10ks, each a year apart. We had several breaks due to illness and injury but got back to it. Last year was a write off. We only got out a few times and in all honesty I didn’t have the discipline to go out on my own, and I had parvovirus which really messed up my joints for a while. I started getting back to it with a couch to 5k in December. I was a bit over optimistic and thought I’d get back into the routine and it would all fall into place so didn’t finish it (partly getting annoyed that I couldn’t get any music on my phone to use with the app). I have followed the advice of several of you and contacted the race organisers to see if there is a cut off time.
I don’t normally eat before a run - I don’t run fast enough or far enough to warrant it. I probably don’t drink enough water generally. To give a bit more info I am menopausal, a bit overweight, busy mum, picky vegetarian. Very stressed, generally exercise helps. All advice welcome. Not giving up yet.14 -
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
02/01/19 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
02/02/19 :::: 10.0 :::: 12.3
02/03/19 :::: 4.0 :::: 16.3
02/04/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 20.1
02/05/19 :::: 3.6 :::: 23.7
02/06/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 23.7
02/07/19 :::: 3.3 :::: 27.0
Yesterday I took a complete rest day, not even walking the dog, due to a busy work schedule - and it was chilly and rainy. Today was much better weather, getting in to the 40s so I was determined to get a run outside. Had to kind of squeeze it in but was able to meet a friend and catch up for a little over 3 mile run in a long sleeve shirt and capris. I call that a good February day.
I haven't had time to get to any pull-up challenge today and am headed out to dinner shortly. Maybe I can still sneak something in tonight but I have strength training in the morning so may just wait until then.
Sorry not to catch up and participate more but I'll try to read back later.
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@samthepanda If you aren't allergic, try peanut butter toast 90 minutes before you plan to run. I find it helps, even with shorter runs. I'm slow too but my performance improves noticeably if I fuel & hydrate properly.4
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Yesterday went from a day I really was dreading to one of those days which are really special.
I was suppose to spend 6 to 7 hour driving down to Fremont, Nebraska for a meeting today, then drive back tonight. If I was "lucky" I'd have time for a few miles on the TM this morning. Fortunately, yesterday morning I got a call from my client saying I could just dial in for a conference call today because of the winter storm in the forecast. YES, YES, YES!!!
Relieved of that driving commitment, and with snow coming down, I spent the yesterday working from home then snuck out with Kody around 4pm for a little trail run down along the river. I didn't have a distance in mind when I started and ended up going 10 miles. The first 4 and last 4 miles had been traveled by fat bikes so it was fairly easy to run. Miles 4 through 6 were in 3 to 4 inches of fresh snow covering up very uneven ground so it was quite a chore running those miles. I never knew just how my foot would land and it became a tough workout for my ankles. I thought about turning back earlier but a tough run means a tough runner, so I kept going.
About halfway through the run the sun set and the snow started falling. It was so peaceful and beautiful! I felt great, Kody was smiling...we were in our happy place! It was one of those runs where it reaffirmed every thing you love about running! What a great way for the day to end up!
More snow is falling today and the wind has picked up. It's supposed to quit snowing soon so I'll blow out the driveway then take Kody for another unplanned run.Spoiler
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3.1 easy on roads with a fast finish.
Today was one of those days that started out stinky but we persevered and it turned into a nice day. To explain why today started out stinky I need to start with day before yesterday, when it was so warm that the house was 75 F at 3 am, so we decided to run the AC just to get a little break. No AC. Whoops! Hadn't used it since last October. Then discovered hey, no furnace and no fan, either! A short google search later we discovered we had a blown low voltage fuse, went back to bed in our hot house, bought a fuse yesterday morning. New fuse promptly also blew. Uh oh. More google, narrowed it down to a low voltage short in the wiring from the AC to the thermostat, couldn't see any obvious problems, called The Guy. The Guy says he will be here the next day sometime between 10 am and 6 pm. On our run day.
Got up at 8 am in order to eat, shower, dress, and so forth before having workmen in our house, and promptly at 8:30 am Guy shows up, an hour and a half before the earliest time he said he might arrive. Escort him to the air compressor while dripping wet and half dressed, he finds a place where probably a squirrel has enlarged the hole the wiring goes through, break is somewhere in the wall or ceiling of the living room. Lovely. He can fix it either by tearing the entire house apart or by putting all new wiring through the attic. Which will cost a bunch of money but only take a couple of hours, when he gets around to it, which will be sometime next week.
Good news is there is a cold front coming through today about 1 pm, so we won't need AC for a few days, and the heater works fine with the AC disconnected from it. Also: the guy is done exploring and out of our house by 10 am! HURRY! RUN!!!!
We got to the park lickety split, and ran in beautiful crazy stormfront winds. Nice run, apparently our "easy pace" on roads has edged down under 10 minutes, seems to be a side effect of so much trail running. We timed it perfectly, the first big raindrops started falling as we pulled into the parking lot to eat lunch after running. By the time we were done eating the temperature had dropped from 70 degrees to about 40.
As a nice bonus, a delivery driver was making a pickup at the restaurant and stopped on her way out with her arms full to say, "Can I just say you are so gorgeous, because you are just gorgeous!" Since I thought I looked tired and stressed today, she seriously made my day!12 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »
@quilteryoyo I got the gist lol. Mum asked, but nope they couldnt get it in. Even the Asics Outlet store couldn't. It wasnt until AFTER Mum got the shoes I considered Amazon. And turns out there are a few pairs on amazon that ship to NZ. and at a reasonable price. But of course now I have to wait cause paying mum back for the others. But I may double check when I have more funds and get another pair anyway, I liked the 24s that much.
My new shoes did not arrive today, so now have to wait till monday
. But in some good news, my hydration pack finally arrived - I got a cheap one from wish.com - based on recommendations from people I actually know - and it looks great! cant wait to try it out. Just in time for my 23km walk/run next weekend!
ETA and now my reply is all screwy and no idea why...3 -
Another scheduled training run. I hate the treadmill at my school’s gym, for some reason it makes me feel so much more sore the next day. Also, for some reason they’ve got the heat cranking in there full blast so I probably lose five pounds just in sweat every time I run there.
February runs:
2/1: 3.5 miles
2/2: 5 miles
2/5: 4.3 miles
2/6: 2.2 miles
2/7: 3.5 miles
Cumulative total for February: 18.5/55 or 63.5 miles10 -
February Running Totals (miles)
2/1 –5.16 course preview
2/2 – 7.29 warmup, commute, 8K XC race
2/3 – 10.81 easy
2/4 – rest day
2/5 – 10.52 warmup, speed work, cool down
2/6 – 8.78 easy
2/7 – 7.59 warmup, speed work, cool down
February running total to date – 50.15
Nominal February mileage goal: 190 miles
Real Goals: Train well toward Boston. Work the February races into the training plan smoothly. Remain uninjured, even if it means cutting back on planned mileage or races.
Today's notes – I debated just running some easy miles today, but it was another dreary, drippy day. Not as bad as yesterday, but I was beat up enough I wanted the recovery time till evening. So I went to club practice on the indoor track.
Got there, did my 2 mile warmup, and Coach asked what I was doing. Said I thought I'd scale it back to just 4x1000 at T today, I was feeling a bit beat up from Tuesday's tough workout. A couple other people who had run Tallahassee came over; they had been too beat up for any serious speed work Tuesday, and Coach told them to just run 4x1000 at T, then maybe 2 laps of striding the straights if they felt up to it. I decided that was a good plan for me.
The first 1000 was really tough, then I got into a rhythm and the next 3 felt normal. Took one lap recovery between, and after the last recovery lap it was the most natural thing in the world to run 2 more laps with striding the straights, then another recovery lap. Walk around a bit, take my 2 mile cool down, and I feel better than I have in a while. There's something to backing off a bit when I'm feeling that I've worked hard.
For reference, the workout I didn't do today was 2-4 x 1600 at T with 1 minute recovery, then 8 x 200 at I with 200 recovery. That isn't a super hard workout, but it's enough harder than what I actually did that it would have been too much for today.
Rest day tomorrow. Race on Saturday, with forecast temperature at gun time 18° F and 24 mph wind. At least that's better weather for running than we had yesterday.
Edit to add: Oh, yeah. Made the executive decision that if I manage my training correctly I can run the Shamrock Half at marathon pace the day after running the USATF Masters 8K Championship. I'll be in Virginia Beach that morning anyway, so the incremental travel cost is small.
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) 4.9 miles, finished in 32:28
February 2, 2019 USATF XC Championship, Masters 8K (Tallahassee, FL) finished in 32:53
February 9, 2019 Freezeroo #5 (Tom Brannon 8 mile) (Greece, NY)
February 23, 2019 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY)
March 16, 2019 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Shamrock 8K) (Virginia Beach, VA)
March 17, 2019 Shamrock Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, VA)
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)14 -
Date...........Run.......Walk
02/01........11M.......0.0M
02/02........20M.......0.0M
02/03........00M.......0.0M
02/04........13M.......3.8M
02/05........00M.......3.5M
02/06........09M.......1.0M
02/07........00M.......3.5M
---MTD: 12.1 miles walking, 53 miles running, and 0KM resting
Upcoming Races
Steel Challange 5k - May 2019
Pittsburgh Marathon - May 2019
Glacier Ridge 50k Trail Race - May 2019
2021 - Disney World Dopey! (if can raise funds)
2019 GOAL: Knock a full hour off my 50k time at Glacier Ridge.5 -
2/1 - rest
2/2 - 8.05 km
2/3 - rest
2/4 - rest
2/5 - 3.35 km
2/6 - rest
2/7 - 3.57 km
14.97/68 km
The locker room at the gym smelled like farts. So that was pleasant.
I hate the treadmill. It was almost, but not quite, warm enough for me to run outside today. Sigh. Colder again tomorrow, cold Saturday but I can do the indoor track on Saturday. Tuesday looks promising for an outdoor run. Fingers crossed!
I've been doing my physio exercises again because I'd kind of slacked off on those.
2019 Races:
1/1/19 Resolution Run (51:54)
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon9 -
For all of us suffering through some nasty cold weather I drop this bit of a humorous poke at Winter Runners
Swim club tonight, over 400m of kick drills - harder than a 10k run.17 -
@samthepanda If you aren't allergic, try peanut butter toast 90 minutes before you plan to run. I find it helps, even with shorter runs. I'm slow too but my performance improves noticeably if I fuel & hydrate properly.
Completely agree that runs are much better/easier with some fuel inside you. I run early in the morning, so can't eat anything really substantial beforehand but experimenting proved that a mug of coffee and a banana about half an hour before I head out works perfect for me. Then for long runs I stick a couple of jelly babies in my pocket. Not very 'professional' but a damn sight more convenient than gels and stuff.
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »
Completely agree that runs are much better/easier with some fuel inside you. I run early in the morning, so can't eat anything really substantial beforehand but experimenting proved that a mug of coffee and a banana about half an hour before I head out works perfect for me. Then for long runs I stick a couple of jelly babies in my pocket. Not very 'professional' but a damn sight more convenient than gels and stuff.
I’m with this. I also run early, and can do around 40 minutes fasted if it’s just a straightforward run, but I’ve been trying to do speed workouts once a week. So I mix up a chocolate milk in a flask and keep it beside my bed, then drink that as soon as I wake up.
Definitely helps.
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Another 30 Minutes for me
date min longest running interval
2/2 => 40 (3)
2/4 => 30 (3)
2/6 => 30 (3)
2/8 => 30 (4)
That makes 130 out of 420 for Feb8 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »@samthepanda First of all I would check to see if your race has a time limit, and if so how long it is. If it doesn't or it has a nice easy limit (ie not 2.5 hours max for me) then go ahead and plan to run/walk it. I did one in December by running 9 minutes, walking 1 minute, and that took me 2 and a half hours. Have a look at the Jeff Galloway method (run-walk-run) or Hal Higdon has a plan (and I'm sure many others do too) for walking a half marathon. At the end of the day nobody will laugh at you, either for pulling out or for walking the whole thing or for doing it barefoot or bouncing a tennis ball or doing it naked or backwards. Runners are freakin awesome like that. In fact I've seen a marathon where the guy who finished it in 6 hours was cheered over the finish line far more than the elite Ethiopian athlete who fell over and crawled over the finish line in 3rd place.
@kgirlhart I hear ya, we had that horrible sideways galeforce rain chit here recently and not being brave enough to run in it totally ruined my day! @garygse don't worry, it'll probably be snowing again tomorrow, the world is going crazy.
I'm a happy bunny today. My new bluetooth earbuds worked great, my two 8 minute running intervals were blissful this morning (although I had to be very stern with myself to make myself do the walk break in between them). Second run felt a little tough until I refound that easy pace sweet spot where suddenly you stop wondering how you're going to keep this up for as far as you need to and start feeling like you could keep going all day. Coincidentally that was probably after about a mile of running altogether, reinforcing the never trust the first mile motto.
Then to round it all off when I got home I saw they're doing a local charity 3-race series here. 1st race is 3km on Feb 17, 2nd is 5km on March 17, 3rd is 7km on April 28th. €10 to sign up for all 3 and you get a T-shirt if you finish all 3. Perfect!!!!! Guess tomorrow's rest day is going to include a gentle walk into town to sign up for those
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1/02: W4D2
2/02: Upper body strength
3/02: W4D3
4/02: Toned & curvy body workout
5/02: W5D1
6/02: 60 mins treadmill walk
7/02: W5D2 + Total body strength workout
Just to add www.podrunner.com into the fold too. They have programs all the way through 5k, 8k and 10k. They also have some speedwork sets too!
I'm starting week 5 on Monday too... 😀3 -
girlinahat wrote: »
I’m with this. I also run early, and can do around 40 minutes fasted if it’s just a straightforward run, but I’ve been trying to do speed workouts once a week. So I mix up a chocolate milk in a flask and keep it beside my bed, then drink that as soon as I wake up.
Definitely helps.
Ooh! Must try this! I get up at 5.50 to get my run started by 6 so my body doesn't know what's hit it but I do find it fairly tough after the 30 minute mark...4 -
So the 100 mile challenge is starting to hurt! But it's a charity challenge so time to embrace the way of sisu!
Im doing the challenge while using www.podrunner.com first day to 5k program!
2nd Feb - did week 4, 3 and 2 straight after each other so covered 10.44km (150.56 km left)
3rd Feb - same as yesterday (week 4, 3 & 2) so another 10.31km (140.25km left)
4th Feb - this was just a bad day.... I got up, put on my lovely new running leggings but only managed a grand total of 1.84km.... my legings kept falling down so I gave up and went home
5th feb - w4 -3.88km
6th feb - w4 - 4km
7th feb - w4 - 4km
8th feb - w4 - 4km
There's a storm on the way so I got drenched when I went out this morning but it always makes the shower even nicer! So I'm nearly up to the 40km mark!
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Im getting back into running after tearing my PT Ligament back in June 18, its still sore now but strong enough to get back out, my aim is to hit minimum 25 miles and to get my pace below 10min miles (used to be 8.30 average)
W/C: 4th Feb:4.5 miles14 -
01Feb - 1.85 miles (treadmill)
03Feb - 3.85 miles (outside)
04Feb - 1.8 miles (treadmill)
07Feb - 1.85 miles (treadmill)
08Feb - 2 miles (treadmill)
Total to date: 11.35 miles of 40
I had planned to stop at around the 1.5 mile mark but my playlist on shuffle this morning was spot on so carried on for another half a mile.
Looking forward to my long run tomorrow - more than I have been the last few weeks. Hopefully that'll help push me a bit.9 -
*whew* I just skimmed through about 20 pages. Serves me right for taking a vacation.
I am a *bit* behind on my miles since I didn't run on vacation. I may have to adjust my monthly goal.
@garygse Welcome to Phoenix and good luck in the race tomorrow!10 -
re: morning fuel
i usually grab a honey stinger waffle.
have fun @garygse
vacations aren't allowed @RunsOnEspresso6 -
2 miles this morning as planned. Well, sort of. I didn't plan on icy roads, barking dogs that distracted mine, frustration from slipping and sliding and being pulled various directions, or coughing. Oh, and falling on my *kitten* around the corner from home was definitely not part of my plan. At least I got my run done.11
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2/2 - 4 mile run
2/3 - 6.3 mile run
2/5 - 5 mile Treadmill run
2/7 - 4 mile Treadmill run
19.3 miles so far/Goal 75 miles
Upcoming races:
2/9 - Steve Cullen 8k
3/16 - Lucky Leprechaun 7k
4/27 - Brown Deer 10k
6/9 - Manitowoc Half Marathon
8/3 - Arbor Rock Trail Run - distance undecided
8/17 - Madison Mini Half Marathon8 -
@JulieS3103 have fun tomorrow. it was one of my favorite races. (hopefully, they will deice the route well)2
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