February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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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)
2/11 => 30...…...(4)
That makes 160 out of 420 for Feb8 -
Missed over 200 posts over the weekend, but I did pop in to see @garygse 's race report. Well done!! Your race recap definitely got me a bit choked up. There is nothing like that feeling of knowing that all your hard work and dedication came together to pay off on race day. It reminded me why we do it. So happy for you! Congrats!10
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@hoshaugh73 Where I was running on Sat. on an icy paved trail, it was mostly a sheet of ice with slick snow on top (wet, but iced snow... almost as bad as ice). There was a pond at one point where some geese were hanging out. I noticed some of the geese were walking downhill on the icy snow in the grass towards the pond, and were sliding. They were very slowly putting one food in front of the other and sliding when their foot hit the ground. Until they stopped sliding, they wouldn't pick up their other foot for the next step. It was somewhat comical to watch. I fell only once, and it was on a downhill. Sure, I slid several times, like the geese, but only once did I lose my balance and completely fall to the ground. That's the trick in the slick areas... slide all you want, just don't lose your balance and keep at least one foot on the ground.13
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u]February Running[/u]
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
02/09: 8.57 mile long run
02/11: 4.05 mile recovery run
Total: 34.26 miles
Run notes:
Forgot to update after my long run over the weekend, so this will be a quick two-for-one deal! Saturday I had my long run- 8.57 which is the longest I've ran in months! My PF was a little tight for the last ~1/2 mile, so I made sure to spend extra time icing and stretching it afterwards. Took Sunday off from running, and did my usual weekend long ride on the stationary bike. Got back out there today for an easy 4 mile recovery run. My PF was a little tight the first few blocks but it quickly loosened up so that's good. I'll have to keep an eye on it the next few days though just to be safe! And more icing, rolling, and stretching of course. That's all for now, folks!
Upcoming race:
- Excalibur 10 Miler (3/17)
- Wintrust Lakefront 5K (4/13)
- Ravenswood Run 5K (4/28)13 -
5 miles easy after work, running to a) beat sunset and b) beat the freeze! It's been raining all day and I was eager to get the run done before temps dipped to/below freezing and things started to really slick up.
Weird run today though. I spent about 6 hours in the car this weekend and I was really feeling it today. My back was tight, my hips were super tight... when I ran, everything felt uncoordinated and off-kilter. I came home and did some stretching and strength work, and I'll do some foam rolling tonight. Hopefully I'm up to snuff tomorrow for some speed work!
Side note: I have been running a lot more this year so far than last year, and in the last few weeks I've seen a couple friends who I haven't seen in a while, and both remarked on how much weight I've lost. I weighed myself last week and found that I was 10 lbs lighter than I'd have predicted (the last time I weighed myself was probably 9 months ago; I don't like to weigh myself bc it isn't a good marker of fitness for me), and I'm only 5 lbs off my lowest adult weight. So now I am trying to find a good balance of nutrition and calories for my current run schedule... plus on a budget. So, if anyone has some recipes for cheap meals that pack a huge punch calorically/nutritionally... I'd love to see 'em!
February miles:
2/1: 10.5 miles
2/2: 8 miles
2/3: 16.2 miles
2/4: 3.3 miles
2/5: 10 miles
2/6: 7 miles
2/7: Rest day
2/8: 18.2 miles
2/9: 10.2 miles
2/10: 2.3 miles
2/11: 5 miles
February total: 90.7 miles
2019 Races
March 24: Caesar Rodney Half Marathon (Goal: PR)
April 7: Cherry Blossom 10 Miler (Goal: Sub-75)
April 28: New Jersey Marathon (Goal: BQ)
July 6: Finger Lake Fifties 50k (Goal: Finish)
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Woooo hooo!
Dreadmill run in an hour to test them out. They feel great in so that's the first challenge over...18 -
Wasn’t supposed to run at all today. I only had Zumba on the schedule, but as I was walking out of the class I saw a friend of mine that I haven’t seen in ages on one of the treadmills so I decided to jog alongside him while we caught up for a few minutes. Also wanted to even out the pesky decimal in my total for the month so far lol.
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
2/9: 5 miles
2/11: 0.5 miles
Cumulative total for February: 24/55 or 63.5 miles10 -
I'm glad people liked the race report!
The pictures were emailed to me today, and from the looks of things, I like to run marathons with my eyes closed...
Just kidding, I apparently opened them eventually...here's the man himself, Pike:
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@7lenny7 I did ask the guy, and he said the faster pace times are usually split across two runners, with each runner running just half the race...however, the person who was slotted to run the first half wasn't able to make it, and they didn't have time to find a replacement.1
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@7lenny7 I did ask the guy, and he said the faster pace times are usually split across two runners, with each runner running just half the race...however, the person who was slotted to run the first half wasn't able to make it, and they didn't have time to find a replacement.
That makes sense. Thank goodness they guy doing the last half showed. I imagine thats better than the first half.2 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »@MegaMooseEsq I saw these and thought of you - tights with a double layer butt! Also: pockets!
https://www.skirtsports.com/product/toasty-tights/?avad=55097_b14ff96cd
LMAO at “hamhock-*kitten*”. I’m going to have to check my budget...
If I had money in my slush fund right now.... I would be inclined to buy said tights just to support their phrasing.... and maybe have a pair of winter tights that fit my current level of fluff.... but mostly the first thing3 -
Our rains stopped this past weekend and I’ve hit the trail twice so far. Hoping the ground stays dry so I can get out a few more days this week.
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Went out for 2.5 miles this afternoon. It has been raining off and on all day, so crazy humid and I got rained on a few times. It was slow and hard. I have a couple pairs of shoes that I trade off, and I think my older pair is officially done. My legs were feeling rough today even though I ran over twice the distance yesterday with no stiffness at all. I have noticed my knees being a little sore off an on, and I think it may be the shoes.
2/1: 1.4 miles
2/2: 3.5 miles
2/3: 3.3 miles
2/4: 1.5 miles
2/6: 3.4 miles
2/10: 5.7 miles
2/11: 2.5 miles
Feb total: 21.3 miles
Feb goal: 40 miles
2019 Races:
Piney Woods Trailfest 5k - 2/2/2019 29.23
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
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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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
02/11/19 :::: 3.8 :::: 50.6/ 100 mile goal
Speedwork tonight was an inverted ladder workout with intervals of 3-2-1-1-2-3 minutes hard effort. 2 minutes recovery between for the first half and 1 minute recovery between for the second half. Then our usual 4 sprints. With warmup and cooldown of about 10 minutes each.
Seems like each week I feel like I didn't do that well and I get home and look at the pace and it's much better than I thought. And Garmin keeps telling me things like I ran a new fastest mile (which I don't count because I pause between intervals). I'm beginning to wonder if something is up with the gps in that location because how I am running relative to the rest of the group doesn't seem like it is that fast. Maybe we're all getting faster? I guess I'll just believe it and see what happens the next time i race.
We're getting some kind of snow event tomorrow, followed by freezing rain, then just rain, then back to snow over the next 48 hours so that should all be fun. I'll likely be spending some more time on Satan's conveyer belt.12 -
Went to the podiatrist this afternoon and got the shots in my feet. It wasn’t that bad! I’m so mad at myself for putting this off for at least a year. However when we were discussing when I could run and if I could lift he said I could run Thur or Fri and that I can lift now. I asked “including lower body?” He said yes and I said mine is pretty intense. Okay what do you do he asks. I tell him and he says that is what could have aggravated all this in the first place. WHAT?! my beloved lifting!!! But the more we talked I explained what I could change and that I have a new floor that is padded, and that when I do squats and lunges I try to put weight on heels. I think I am going to ignore my training plan and just do low weight with a few more reps instead of heavy with fewer reps.
Anyway I am taking a rest day tomorrow and will do upper Wednesday and assess running for Thur or Fri.
He says I will be pain free now. I hope so! As I’ve said it only burns after 4.5 miles. But five is my favorite run! And this made me miss the Daytona HM that I love.
Lesson to be learned for myself. Don’t put off doctor for fear of being told not to run!
I should have gone last February after the Daytona run. Grrrrr.21 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »@hoshaugh73 Where I was running on Sat. on an icy paved trail, it was mostly a sheet of ice with slick snow on top (wet, but iced snow... almost as bad as ice). There was a pond at one point where some geese were hanging out. I noticed some of the geese were walking downhill on the icy snow in the grass towards the pond, and were sliding. They were very slowly putting one food in front of the other and sliding when their foot hit the ground. Until they stopped sliding, they wouldn't pick up their other foot for the next step. It was somewhat comical to watch. I fell only once, and it was on a downhill. Sure, I slid several times, like the geese, but only once did I lose my balance and completely fall to the ground. That's the trick in the slick areas... slide all you want, just don't lose your balance and keep at least one foot on the ground.
@midwesterner85 That sounds hilarious! Surprisingly I stayed upright on the trail, usually that doesn't happen on the best of days. 😀2 -
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
02/08........00M.......0.0M
02/09........11M.......0.0M
02/10........00M.......0.0M
02/11........07M.......3.5M
---MTD: 15.6 miles walking, 71 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.4 -
14miles / 50 miles
Hmmmm....I need to pick it up a bit if I'm going to make my goal this month.8 -
Today was my version of speed work. I set my elcheapo deadmill to 7mph and 5.5% grade (probably move to 6% soon) and run till my watch tells me I hit 7 miles. The watch (with foot pod) is a more trustworthy measuring device than my slip and slide dreadmill. With the dreadmill forcing the foot turn over I am running much faster than I would have outside.
Seems to help my race times at least though the 20-mile run I have in my plan for Sunday will happen outdoors or not at all.
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I'm glad people liked the race report!
The pictures were emailed to me today, and from the looks of things, I like to run marathons with my eyes closed...
Just kidding, I apparently opened them eventually...here's the man himself, Pike:
Great arm warmers mate! Wait...🤔 "Bloke"? Uh... "Mate", right? "Chum"? Uhh... Sir!
Eta @ddmom0811 hope the feets are happy soon! You're tougher than I! I run to the doc over everything.6 -
I ordered another pair of Altra Escalante from REI last weekend and they came today. If I ever get to run again I will be all set. This is the first time in a couple of years that I am down to just 3 pairs of running shoes. I am hoping my Topo Athletics will be okayed by the PT when I see him. Otherwise it will just be the 2 pairs of Altra's.
@ddmom0811 - I hope your foot feels great from now on!4 -
Great race report @rheddmobile – sounds my kind of trail!!
@garygse nice pics. Are you Dutch????
Interval run this morning – am getting good at being consistent with my activities – mentally I tell myself I can sleep or rest tomorrow.
A good run. You can tell that there is a local half marathon coming up as usually I see one other person at 6am running, this morning there were half a dozen. None of them were on the dark towpath though….
Am getting better with my speed intervals, although getting faster I have realised is a very long, slow process, and not helped mentally by seeing friends training for the above half marathon posting 10 minute miles as beginners. Ho-hum.
I wanted especially today to thank @RunsOnEspresso . I have been reading Kara Gouchers book ‘Strong’ and while I haven’t yet delved into the whole mantra thingy I am finding the idea of a confidence journal inspiring. So each night, I write a short note in my diary about what GOOD things came out of the day, even when my run is a bit meh, there’s always something to learn from it. It’s another item on my ‘be consistent and make a habit’ list.
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girlinahat wrote: »Great race report @rheddmobile – sounds my kind of trail!!
@garygse nice pics. Are you Dutch????
Interval run this morning – am getting good at being consistent with my activities – mentally I tell myself I can sleep or rest tomorrow.
A good run. You can tell that there is a local half marathon coming up as usually I see one other person at 6am running, this morning there were half a dozen. None of them were on the dark towpath though….
Am getting better with my speed intervals, although getting faster I have realised is a very long, slow process, and not helped mentally by seeing friends training for the above half marathon posting 10 minute miles as beginners. Ho-hum.
I wanted especially today to thank @RunsOnEspresso . I have been reading Kara Gouchers book ‘Strong’ and while I haven’t yet delved into the whole mantra thingy I am finding the idea of a confidence journal inspiring. So each night, I write a short note in my diary about what GOOD things came out of the day, even when my run is a bit meh, there’s always something to learn from it. It’s another item on my ‘be consistent and make a habit’ list.
We have a TV show over here called "operation transformation" where people are encouraged to get fit and healthy... This is the only time of the year I ever see people out at 6am! So annoying when they run past though!
Confidence journal sounds intriguing! Will have to have a look.4 -
BettyM1017 wrote: »14miles / 50 miles
Hmmmm....I need to pick it up a bit if I'm going to make my goal this month.
Nah, just run like 25 miles today and you will be well on your way 5 -
@PastorVincent That is the same reason I use the treadmill for intervals. I may just continue when I switch over to threshold runs (like what you are describing). The treadmill forces me to go faster becauae I have to keep up with it. I still do long runs outside, though.3
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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
2-11 7k recovery
2-12 Rest
February Total: 61k
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
Scheduled rest day today. That's good, because it's 33 degrees F and pouring rain on top of what snow remains from yesterday. My hip can use the break, too.2 -
@garygse you mentioned the Gatorade at the water stops. Was that the only carbs you took in?
I don't know if that would be enough for me. I try to get 300 calories per hour. But then I was eating grilled cheese sandwiches and quesadillas during my last race.
Your race report has made me want to sign up for my second marathon. I'd like to break the 4 hour mark. I was on pace to do that through 21 miles in my first one but fatigue dragged me down from there. I'd like to think that 3 years of running since then would help.12
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