February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    ddmom0811 wrote: »
    No run for me today, but today was a fun day. The proofs for my new book arrived, and the ebook was released in all stores.

    Now, I just need to write the sequel. Need figure out how to write and do long runs at the same time! :D

    Congrats! Share the link please. If you already did, sorry, I'm bad about keeping up in here.

    I can not link to my books directly, as I am sure that would run afoul of "do not sell your junk on our forum" rules. (very reasonable rule really!) Here is a picture of the books though, so you can see the killer artwork. I really am happy how it came out:


    @PastorVincent Congrats!!! I just bought the ebook on Amazon and “followed” you on the weird new Amazon blog follow thingy. I love sci-fi/fantasy novels and look forward to reading it. :)
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    edited February 2019
    shanaber wrote: »
    Tramboman wrote: »
    HonuNui wrote: »
    Feburary Goal: Just keep trying
    @Elise4270 wrote: »
    How about a monthly question?
    What are your current running goals? Do you have a PR your chasing?
    And maybe tell me something about you, others may not know.

    ...goal, just keep moving to try to keep the joints from stiffening up...because (you may not know....)
    with the possible exception of @Tramboman, I am the oldest poster on this challenge....

    We're not the oldest -- we're just the most youthfully challenged...

    @Tramboman and @HonuNui - Love this!! So now I am youthfully and height challenged :) I like to tell people (my doctor especially) that yes, I am getting older but I am NOT old.... Also I think @mobycarp fits in here somewhere too.

    I love the genealogy stories! My parents families have been in the US a long time (pre-revolutionary) and are pretty well documented going way way back so I didn't have much to research there. My husband's father though was 1st generation from Hungary so he has done a lot of research and found relatives here and in Hungary. It is really a lot of fun especially with more and more records being made available online. I am on FamilySearch (free) and he had an Ancestry account for a while. I think I found as much if not more on the free site other than things like military records.

    @shanaber Check with your local library about free genealogy resources. Our library offers free access to Ancestry.com. They also have free intro to genealogy classes and store the county’s genealogy records.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    @Avidkeo Well done!!!
  • Scott6255
    Scott6255 Posts: 2,543 Member
    @Avidkeo Well done, glad you had fun!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    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
    02/12........00M.......2.2M
    02/13........00M.......3.4M
    02/14........11M.......3.4M
    02/15........00M.......2.2M
    02/16........10M.......0.0M

    ---MTD: 26.8 miles walking, 92 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.
  • Tramboman
    Tramboman Posts: 2,482 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    HonuNui wrote: »

    How about a monthly question?
    What are your current running goals? Do you have a PR your chasing?
    And maybe tell me something about you, others may not know.[/i]
    ...goal, just keep moving to try to keep the joints from stiffening up...because (you may not know....)
    with the possible exception of @Tramboman, I am the oldest poster RUNNER on this challenge....

    Oh. I corrected that for ya :wink:

    You edited the wrong word - you should have changed "oldest."
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,764 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all. It's the morning after my run and even though it was just a fun run for charity, I thought I'd do a run report.

    This was a walk/run event raising money for blood cancers by the local fire service, so started at my local fire station and finished at the fire station in the next town - though they extended it out a little further to the town hall (about half a km). Remember we are rural towns so only a few hundred people living in each town.

    I woke at 4am, and couldn't go back to sleep. At 5 I finally got up and just chilled on the couch, watching trashy TV for a bit. 6 I started to get ready, out the door at 635. The run started at 7, and the start was at the local fire station, only 400m up the road from my place (Nice to have!). Get to the start and there are only around 20 of us! I had hoped they would get more. So the fire engine siren goes off as the start gun and I started running.

    I was immediately at the beginning of the pack - everyone else was walking! I kept my pace slow - between 7min/km and 630 min km. I was quickly joined by a young 18 year old guy who paced me for about half a km but I could tell there was no way he would keep that pace, he was breathing way too hard. He dropped off then a work colleague who also runs caught up with me around 3ks and we ended up doing the rest of the run together. There were 2 big hills on the course, at 7km and again about 14km. We decided to walk up the hills and run the rest. We had a blast, chatting away and generally just getting to know each other better. At the 17k mark we decided to walk for a few ks, my hips were starting to protest haha. Then ran the final 2.5 to the finish line. The run was mostly on rural roads so car going past at speed. The lead car was pretty good but I kept wanting him to further ahead, he pretty much stayed only a couple of hundred meters ahead the whole way. It was really disconcerting being at the front haha.

    So we lead the whole way, and got to the finish in 2hrs 57min. I was hoping to do it in around 3hrs so really happy with that. Stretched and had a rub down. My hips and calves were really sore. A real reminder of why training and building up to that distance is so important!
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    At the start, with the fire engine

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    Happiness cause we finished!

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    At the finish line

    Then a friend and I were going to the next major town so I could buy a new phone - old one having some issues again, only a few months after getting fixed for the same issue. So I spent 3hrs total in the car going too and from town. I got home about 530, had a hot bath, relaxed and played with new phone then crashed.

    Hips are still sore, calves feel better but today will be resting, stretching and rolling.

    My new hydration pack was awesome! Absolutely loved it and was so glad to have it. Pockets for phones and other bits and pieces, I had an extra bottle with gatorade (thank goodness for that!). No chafing or anything just comfortable. Best $30 spent ever! Oh and shoes were fine. I got the occasional niggle but put that down to road camber more than anything. No pain there now

    Awesome work @Avidkeo. Great effort and great result. *Goes off to find small rural event so has a modicum of a chance of having podium finish*