February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

@7lenny7 It appears Kody wants to eat you ice beard LOL

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
2/8 - rest
2/9 - 8.05 km

23.02/68 km

Another day, another indoor run. Had left foot pain again although it eventually eased. I definitely prefer the indoor track to the dreadmill. At least on the indoor track I can look outside occasionally (at the horrifying cold) and down at the swimming pool, badminton courts, and also make faces at the people lifting weights.


2019 Races:
1/1/19 Resolution Run (51:54)
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon

W4D3 completed. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to go out today after the snow came late yesterday. However, it was the perfect snow to run it. We got about 6 inches and I was originally going to run in the park that I usually run in, but driving by it earlier in the day I saw that the gate to the park was closed and the roads through the park were not plowed, so I had planned to go running on another trail. However, 2 hours later on my way to the alternate trail I saw that the gate was opened and the roads had been plowed. So, the dog and I turned into our regular park and went running. Most of the run was on snowed covererd paths. Most of the paths were not plowed and some parts were untouched so the dog and I got a pretty good work out running through the snow. As we were about to start the last running interval I noticed that my dog was over all of the snow, so we made our way over to the plowed roads for an easier end to the run...the dog was happy. W5 starts next week, it will be interesting to see what will happen as we are expecting a couple of rounds of snow over the next week.

2/1--W3D3
2/5--W4D1
2/7--W4D2
2/9--W4D3

@garygse omgoodness awesome race, congrats!
@greyparks206 @ddmom0811 @MobyCarp @JulieS3103 and anyone else I missed you all rock, well done!

Hike and evening walk and life added up to almost 20k steps yesterday so I went to bed not knowing if my legs would be up to that lovely c25k 20 minute run this morning. Woke up early, didn't want to wake anyone up so I lay in bed considering options. The dirt road I wanted to run is by the river at the bottom of the hill this village is at the top of, and I've bonked a few times in the past walking home up it after runs. So in the end I decided to break my principles and drive to where I wanted to run. For some reason it feels wrong to me to do that, but following my promise to be gentle on my legs it was the best option. Beautiful sunshine, had to take my jacket off before I was even done with my warm up walk. Couple of loose dogs but they were friendly, got chased by a chicken and yelled at by a goat. Really love these country runs. I started to think I might need to slow down even more to finish right before the woman with the annoying voice told me I was half way, so I turned round (always feels like it gets easier on the way home) and my random playlist started making Steve Tyler ask if it was over in my ear, followed by a bunch of guys telling me they're just suckers for pain. Made me laugh all the way home.
Finally I feel like I'm running again. Also think now I've done the driving to run thing I might try driving out to the beachside boardwalk and running that some time, which that silly principle has always stopped me doing before.

Yesterday, I ran a local 15K that has been put on by our local running club for the last 35 years. I had never run it before, but it starts and ends less than 5 minutes from my house, so I thought it would be convenient and fun.

The route is pretty hilly. The running club jokes about the “gently rolling hills.” It is so big of a joke that they put the elevation change on the shirt this year.
The 15K didn’t start until 9:00, so I slept in until 7:00, ate and dressed, and made it over right before the 5K started. I realized after i arrived that I had left my headphones at home, but hubby was kind enough to drive them over before my race started.

It was about 40 degrees with clear skies when we started. My whole goal today was to try to do better than my time of the one other 15K I had run. I didn’t expect a huge change considering this route was so hilly. If nothing else, it would be a fun training run for my half.

I ended up getting first in the 35-39F age group, and I shaved off 13 minutes from my last 15K race! I was really surprised that I had improved so much.

@marisap2010 wtg! I dream of an age group place but as I'm a total turtle I may need to wait until I'm 90, organise my own race and not let anyone else enter it 😂

@marisap2010 Great job and congratulations!!!

2-1 7k easy
2-2 7k easy
2-3 Rest
2-4 7k easy
2-5 Rest
2-6 7k slow
2-7 7k intervals
2-8 Rest
2-9 7k slow
2-10 12k slow

February Total: 54k
February 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

Another day in the high teens F. Yesterday's sunshine had pretty much taken care of Friday night's snow.

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
02/08/19 :::: 4.2 :::: 31.2
02/09/19 :::: 10.1 :::: 41.3
02/10/19 :::: 5.5 :::: 46.8/ 100 mile goal

Slept in this morning and woke up to some fluffy snow but less wind and a bit warmer temps. A friend needed to do her long run today (one who fell yesterday in the icy condition and warned the rest of us not to try the trails) so I met her for the second hour of it. The sun was out by then and it was so much better than yesterday that it felt much warmer than the temps said. I woke up with a stiff lower back but it mostly worked out during the run. Overall a nice morning out.

Two weeks out from my next HM and four weeks out from my Spartan race. I'm feeling pretty good about the first after getting a couple of 10-mile runs done. At least I should be able to last the distance unless the weather is spectacularly awful (that's not a challenge, weather!). The Spartan race is another story, I just get more nervous about that one. It's a team thing and supposed to be all for fun though, so let's just hope that it really is fun.

Congratulations to all for your great runs this weekend! Extra congrats to those with races, including the PR's and BQ. You're ALL so motivating and inspiring. You were all on my mind in the middle of my run today. Thanks for joining me.

It was about 9F (-13C) with a 'feels like' around 0F (-18C) due to the wind. Because we'd had a decent amount of snow the past couple days, and our walk yesterday was rough, I debated taking the dogs for a short walk beforehand and just running alone. I changed my mind when they saw me changing my clothes and figured I could bring them back and finish up if needed.

They plowed the roads overnight! WOOT!

My plan was to run the same 4 miles I did last week, but at 3.5 miles I decided to push just a little farther. We ended up with 4.5 miles in 1:08. That puts me at 13 miles for the week (because I postponed my long run last Sunday to Monday). Came back and showered, then went out and dug out our and the neighbors driveway.