December 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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New to this thread looks pretty nifty.7 -
@shanaber Yes, my husband is also excited. He has already majorly reduced his insulin and had to call in for instructions on cutting his BP meds because his BP was getting so low. It took a surgeon telling him "You're obese and need an aggresive weight loss plan before I fix your hernia" but his eyes have been opened about calories and the fact that he can control his health conditions through diet and exercise. I think we'll be forever grateful for that surgeon being a little on the rude side and just telling the truth!7
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December goal 100 miles
TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!
2019k in 2019!
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polskagirl01 wrote: »December goal 100 miles
TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!
2019k in 2019!
WTG!!!1 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »
TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!
2019k in 2019!
Great job girl!!!!!!!!!!!1 -
@Christine4695 I'm in agreeance with AvidKeto in that thank goodness it's the lesser of two evils (?). The setbacks are a bad kick back.
@PastorVincent Thank you for the sweet compliments and congratulations on being ahead of pace. That is alot of miles to be proud of!
@quilteryoyo Thank you for the kind words!
It was 83° yesterday in central Texas and today it's about 49°. What a dip! I run with a stroller most days because my husband usually doesn't come home from work until after 6:00 and I like earlier runs, which means I'm not taking the baby out and I'm just going to wait until he gets home to run. I need to get out of here and burn off some of this cabin fever energy!!!4 -
@Christine4695 I'm in agreeance with AvidKeto in that thank goodness it's the lesser of two evils (?). The setbacks are a bad kick back.
@PastorVincent Thank you for the sweet compliments and congratulations on being ahead of pace. That is alot of miles to be proud of!
@quilteryoyo Thank you for the kind words!
It was 83° yesterday in central Texas and today it's about 49°. What a dip! I run with a stroller most days because my husband usually doesn't come home from work until after 6:00 and I like earlier runs, which means I'm not taking the baby out and I'm just going to wait until he gets home to run. I need to get out of here and burn off some of this cabin fever energy!!!
And this morning it was 40 and rainy what’s going on here !?!?1 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »December goal 100 miles
TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!
2019k in 2019!
Outstanding!!!!1 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »my naggers are slacking.
hypersomnia knocked me out sunday and yesterday.
i'll get a few miles in tonight
@mbaker566 Not slacking, you had permission for a couple of days off after a race.
Now, stop posting awesome photos and go run! :-pQuestion:
@mbaker566 - Love the pictures! Also love that you know need to nag your naggers
Have you run yet? What are you waiting for?
well, i'm at work now. no run allowed in the office. when i get back home
Sorry I'm slackin' on my naggin'.
GO!!!!!
RUN!!!!!!!!!3 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »TIME TO PARTY!!!!!!!
2019k in 2019!
Indeed! That calls for a Kahula Mudslide! W00T!
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Camaramandy648 wrote: »Those "technical" photos make my heart swell. I think trail running is my niche for sure. It's so fun and interesting and challenging. It's also filled with experiences that one only gets if they actually go out and do the thing.
To answer the cross-training question - I lift. Usually three times per week, unless it's a weird week where I get almost nothing done. I think it definitely helps my endurance.
I didn't lift last night because I was still so sore from Saturday. I am supposed to run tonight, but I'll have to see how my quads feel. I am still pretty sore from the long run Saturday, still. I hope I can get out to get it done. Really, I hope my legs are up to it.
I haven't ordered a running vest, which I really need to get done - I got so thirsty Saturday that I legit drank the water which I found out yesterday, one should NOT drink from that particular location. It's called Slaughterpen and I guess they call it that because it used to be a slaughterhouse and the water is all waste water - from the waste water treatment plant nearby????? What in the literal heck. My boss was so shocked when I was showing him the picture of the spring and said, "You DRANK that?" And I said, "well, yeah. I was thirsty."
I don't know if I want a vest or more of a camelbak and I certainly am not spending $150 on it. What's your go to for this? I already know I don't like the handhelds. I ran with a water bottle recently and I Hated it. I always feel like everything has to be exactly right - a specific way and a specific feel - or the whole run is off. Even Saturday, I stopped at the running store near my house for a headband because I had some baby bangs that I could feel while I was running and it was driving me insane......
Anyway, happy running! I love reading all of your posts so much!
Nearly as bad was my drinking from a small stream in Pennsylvania and later finding a dead deer laying in the water about 100 yards upstream from where I drank.
I was a lot younger then...6 -
@greenolivetree Congratulations to your husband. That's quite an accomplishment.
@polskagirl01 WTG! Congratulations! That's amazing!
I probably need to start doing some strength training too, but I can barely find the time to do the running I want to do right now. Maybe in the coming year that is something I will work on.4 -
I missed several pages of posts. I read through them all but didn't take notes so I'm not going to try to respond individually, but congrats to those of you who raced. Healing to those of you who are recovering.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
12/01/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
12/02/19 :::: 3.0 :::: 3.0
12/03/19 :::: 3.1 :::: 6.1
12/04/19 :::: 1.7 :::: 7.8
12/05/19 :::: 2.6 :::: 10.4
12/06/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 10.4
12/07/19 :::: 14.6 :::: 25.0
12/08/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 25.0
12/09/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 25.0
12/10/19 :::: 0.0 :::: 25.0
I've been busy with Spartan racing in Florida, meetings and walking around NYC, and a whole host of planes, trains, and automobiles the past few days.
Friday I flew down to Tampa and quickly soaked up as much Florida as I could by heading to the beach, eating a grouper sandwich and key lime pie, and having a delicious fruity drink while watching the sunset over the gulf.
Saturday I drove to the middle of the state for the Central Florida Beast Spartan race - 13+ miles (my Garmin clocked 14.59) and 30+ obstacles basically on a cattle ranch with associated rough cow pasture terrain. It was a pretty tough day with some successes (rope climb and spear throw - yay!) and quite a few failures. Especially after I tore a couple of big flaps of skin off my right hand where I had callouses. I got it bandaged when we saw a medical truck but then I could barely grip with that hand so lots of things did not go well after that. Many burpees were done. I also fell a couple of times and have a serious quantity of bruises all up and down my arms and legs from various walls and what not. This one definitely left me feeling beaten up. Total time was 5 hrs 16 minutes, which was a couple of hours faster than the last beast I did back in April = but that one was on a mountain. I think I did not fuel enough for this one either and I was really dragging the last third or so of the race.
All that said, it was fun and I felt pretty proud to have accomplished my 8th Spartan of the year, finishing a double trifecta (sprint, super and beast distances x 2). I ran it with my team and while we separated out some, a few of us would group back up at each obstacle and make sure we were all doing okay and helping each other as needed. I also got some great help from strangers, including one guy who saved me from a potentially serious fall on top of a very slippery wall. I love all the people that are willing to help and encourage along the way in these races, it's a real community.
I drove back to Tampa after the race and had to fly out early the next morning to get to NYC for a work meeting on Sunday and Monday. I was barely keeping my eyes open during the presentations, I was so tired. I managed to make it through and even did some walking around NYC to see the tree at Rockefeller center and the holiday market at Bryant Park. And I ate a lot of fantastic food with absolutely no guilt. Then Monday late afternoon I took the train from Manhattan to JFK airport (proud of myself for managing this) and then flew home where I crawled into bed immediately.
Today I had an early appointment and was not very productive, and then I had a retirement party to go to, which was lovely but exhausting. I'm feeling bruised and run down, and have come down with a cold, so I'm now dosed up on Nyquil and heading to bed. I'm glad to have nothing scheduled in the morning tomorrow. More than that, I'm glad that my race season is over and I am taking some time to recover and think about what I want to do next. Before this race I was a bit sad that it was the last one of the year, but now I'm very happy to not have anything major on the calendar.9 -
@katharmonic man sounds like you really had a time of it. Good job on pushing through and finishing! A break to recover definitely is an excellent idea.2
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Holy smokes @katharmonic! You have been busy! You deserve to take the rest of the year off 😀
Take time to recover and enjoy the holidays.1 -
I haven't gotten any running all week due to *kitten* air quality. Hit the gym instead. It finally blew over this morning and I'm hoping to get a run in tonight.
I've got a handheld from that Aonijie. It's a budget Chinese brand so make of that what you will. The design was fine, but the bottle had that rubber smell for a while. Quality and make was fine on mine but some people have had problems with their bladders leaking, so if you do go this route, make sure it's got a good return policy.Camaramandy648 wrote: »
I lived in Tampa for nearly 5 years and didn't get to do any of these thingskatharmonic wrote: »Friday I flew down to Tampa and quickly soaked up as much Florida as I could by heading to the beach, eating a grouper sandwich and key lime pie, and having a delicious fruity drink while watching the sunset over the gulf.
(Probably because I was 7). Congrats on getting through a grueling race and a super busy schedule! Take care of that hand! 4 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »my naggers are slacking.
hypersomnia knocked me out sunday and yesterday.
i'll get a few miles in tonight
@mbaker566 Not slacking, you had permission for a couple of days off after a race.
Now, stop posting awesome photos and go run! :-pQuestion:
@mbaker566 - Love the pictures! Also love that you know need to nag your naggers Have you run yet? What are you waiting for?
well, i'm at work now. no run allowed in the office. when i get back home
Sorry I'm slackin' on my naggin'.
GO!!!!!
RUN!!!!!!!!!
@mbaker566 so did you run yet?2 -
@katharmonic Wow, Great job! Now definitely get some rest. Just the traveling you mentioned can be exhausting. And you threw in a beastly 5+-hour effort on top of that! Amazing 1
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No run today, it was sleeting plus we’re recovering from yesterday when we went ice skating, or rather “glice” skating, at the Christmas village. First of all let me say Glice (artificial ice) is some male cow kitten. Doesn’t allow you to glide forward, but doesn’t have grip when you push off sideways either. I’ve never ice skated but I used to be pretty good at inline skating so I have some idea of what it should be like, and my husband does know how to ice skate and assured me, that was not it. It might have been better had the ring been dry so the “self lubricating surface” worked as advertised, but it had rained and the rink was covered in puddles, and the rental skates were very dull. Just slick enough to be dangerous but not slick enough to skate. A number of children of various sizes were also trying hard and having no luck at skating. My husband spent the majority of his time on the ice hoisting up small people who had fallen.
Young girl, trying to figure out what a grown up lady was doing there: “How come you don’t fall down?” (Which I admit made me unique at that moment.) Well, I used to rollerblade, and it’s sort of similar. She says authoritatively, “It should be the same, but this is harder.”
Anyway I should have said, “Just give me a minute,” because I did eventually fall, and bruised my hip pretty good. Hopefully it will feel okay when running tomorrow.
We left at the same time the aforementioned young girl left, as she was saying to her mother, “You should skate!” Mom replied, “I’m good,” with deep sarcasm. Very overweight, clearly considered it hilarious that she might voluntarily do a physical activity. I used to be that person and it made me sad for her.
It was walk through the lights night, when the Christmas lights are closed to cars and the trails are open, so we took a brisk 5 mile walk, since it wasn’t a running day for us. We also visited the petting zoo. I didn’t get to ride a camel since the camel ride isn’t open on walk day. But I did touch a white alpaca, which is the softest animal in the known universe, fed a trio of Coatimundis which are basically a fancy South American raccoon, offered a horn scratch to a dwarf zebu who was completely over it, and was licked by a lemur. I love meeting strange animals but I can’t help having guilt about the ethics behind petting zoos. Pretty sure the lemurs (there were three) were very lonely, bored, stressed out creatures. My husband communed with one and it made tiny meeping noises at him. Did you know they also make a meow sound like cats?
I also met this guy, who had his very own piece of straw like a hayseed from an old timey picture:We had a good time and got in a bunch of exercise, and if my hip allows me to run tomorrow I don’t even regret the glice experiment. You can’t learn what you don’t like until you try it, right?
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