January 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Thanks for setting us up @Elise4270 . I'm in for 100 miles for January. I'll have to go back and look at my goals for 2019 and set my goals for 2020 in a bit.3
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Hi all. I am joining you running folks fresh n rosy (eyed). Running goals are starting from a place I was sitting at a long ways back - feels like I lost a game of snakes ‘n ladders!
Registered RTY2020, and if I do well enough I will sign up for a hometown HM in May. I am a walk/run kinda gal so steps/duration is my thing cuz the distance naturally racks up when I do the time. Here’s to a year of healthy bodies and fitness adventures, one month at a time. 🤗7 -
Thank you for getting us going for the new year/new decade @Elise4270!
Updating on teh goals I wrote down for the year in the January 2019 thread:- Race every month of 2019 - Did not accomplish - I did not race in February (back injury, DNS scheduled race) or September (just didn't, I guess). But I did run 22 races total for the year including Spartans and running races.
- Successfully finish Spartan Race - YES! And then did 7 more!
- New HM PR - closer to 2:00 - NO, did not beat my PR this year
- New 5k PR - Also no.
- Run a HM in another new state - YES. Two of them, Iowa and Missouri.
- Decrease average running pace - MAYBE? A little hard to say because of Spartan races in there and more trail running. Overall I think so but not a huge change.
- Real pull-up - YES! But still working on being able to do more than one strict pull-up at a time consistently
- Handstand - NO. Never really attempted this. It was a spur of the moment goal. Maybe I will try this year.
- Try rock climbing - YES! Loved it, doing it every week now.
- Do more yoga - Maybe not more overall, but have done yoga fairly often over the course of the year.
- decrease body fat, increase muscle - Not sure about this, should do the body scan at the gym again. I feel like yes, but abdominal area is tough.
- don't give up = I would call this a yes.
I'm still thinking about 2020 goals, but I feel like my focus has changed a lot over the year. I'm less into speed and PR attempts and more into new challenges maybe? I see more hiking, climbing, trail running, and Spartan racing with maybe fewer road races.
January goal - January can be a dicey month but I'll say 100 miles
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SammyDee2015 wrote: »Hi all. I am joining you running folks fresh n rosy (eyed). Running goals are starting from a place I was sitting at a long ways back - feels like I lost a game of snakes ‘n ladders!
Registered RTY2020, and if I do well enough I will sign up for a hometown HM in May. I am a walk/run kinda gal so steps/duration is my thing cuz the distance naturally racks up when I do the time. Here’s to a year of healthy bodies and fitness adventures, one month at a time. 🤗
We have teams if you are interested in joining1 -
SammyDee2015 wrote: »Hi all. I am joining you running folks fresh n rosy (eyed). Running goals are starting from a place I was sitting at a long ways back - feels like I lost a game of snakes ‘n ladders!
Registered RTY2020, and if I do well enough I will sign up for a hometown HM in May. I am a walk/run kinda gal so steps/duration is my thing cuz the distance naturally racks up when I do the time. Here’s to a year of healthy bodies and fitness adventures, one month at a time. 🤗
Welcome!2 -
katharmonic wrote: »Thank you for getting us going for the new year/new decade @Elise4270!
Updating on teh goals I wrote down for the year in the January 2019 thread:- Race every month of 2019 - Did not accomplish - I did not race in February (back injury, DNS scheduled race) or September (just didn't, I guess). But I did run 22 races total for the year including Spartans and running races.
- Successfully finish Spartan Race - YES! And then did 7 more!
- New HM PR - closer to 2:00 - NO, did not beat my PR this year
- New 5k PR - Also no.
- Run a HM in another new state - YES. Two of them, Iowa and Missouri.
- Decrease average running pace - MAYBE? A little hard to say because of Spartan races in there and more trail running. Overall I think so but not a huge change.
- Real pull-up - YES! But still working on being able to do more than one strict pull-up at a time consistently
- Handstand - NO. Never really attempted this. It was a spur of the moment goal. Maybe I will try this year.
- Try rock climbing - YES! Loved it, doing it every week now.
- Do more yoga - Maybe not more overall, but have done yoga fairly often over the course of the year.
- decrease body fat, increase muscle - Not sure about this, should do the body scan at the gym again. I feel like yes, but abdominal area is tough.
- don't give up = I would call this a yes.
I'm still thinking about 2020 goals, but I feel like my focus has changed a lot over the year. I'm less into speed and PR attempts and more into new challenges maybe? I see more hiking, climbing, trail running, and Spartan racing with maybe fewer road races.
January goal - January can be a dicey month but I'll say 100 miles
Dang. I say you did great! Well done!4 -
Here are the teams If you are in the fence about joint joining a RTY team for a minimum of 25USD through RTE.
Anyone?
Team A
1. @adampeart 1000 miles
2. @seestephierun 800 miles.
3. @VanVanDiane 300 miles
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5.
Total 2100.
Team B
1. @Camaramandy648 1300 Miles
2. @hamsterwheel6 1000 miles
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5.
Total 2300
Team Bad*ss
No1! @eleanorhawkins 2020 Miles!!!! 👍
Team C
1. @kgirlhart 1000 Miles.
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5.
Total 1000. Need 1020 miles
2020 R.I.O.T
1. @shanaber 1000 Miles
2. @elise4270 100 Miles 🤫
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4.
5.
Total 1020. Need 900 miles
Team E
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Total
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I am shyly joining in, considering I am not a runner yet and I am recovering from a right foot fracture. But I will try to walk/ treadmill and jog/run as much as possible.
My small goal is 100 kms in Jan. let’s see how that goes first.11 -
Welcome SammyDee2015 and Aquarian!
I didn't set any goals for 2019 because a year ago I was injured and had no idea when I would be able to get back into it. So I'll consider the fact that I recovered from that and bounced back to run another HM, and have since more or less maintained that fitness level (or near enough) as a success in itself!
Today I'm nursing a sore knee from Saturday's long run and praying with an extra day or two off running it won't turn into anything serious, so am wary of tempting fate by stating any goals :-/
- In a perfect world I would have set my January goal at 130km with a stretch goal of 140km. I'm doing RED January this year, so will be making sure I do SOMETHING active every day even if it isn't running.
- In a perfect world my goals for the first half of the year are to run my first trail race, a 10km on Feb 8th, my first trail HM on Feb 28th and a road HM on March 22, then we have a week long hiking holiday over easter and I'm signing up for a road 10km on May 10th.
- I also want to continue with daily yoga, and I MUST make myself resume regular strength training.5 -
@Elise4270 Thanks for setting us up!
The plan wants 170 something kms for January, setting my goal at 140km because winter AQ is awful and I need some wiggle room.
I didn't set any goals last year! Buahahahaha.
This year, I want to:- Work out more consistently. Run 3 times a week, preferably. I need to get out of the mindset that "I need to do exactly the workout prescribed or I'm not going to run", and work toward "even a quick 3km is better than nothing at all". Add more stretching and more running-specific strengthwork into the cycle.
- Lose 5kg. Right now I'm hovering around 65kg. 60kg is closer to (but still higher than) the upper boundary of optimal racing weight for my height.
- Eat more carbs. No really. Even before that whack doctor told me it would up my Chi last week, I was thinking about fiddling with my intake because I was getting far more hungry during long runs than back when I was eating whatever I wanted. How to do that while losing weight... it'll be interesting.
- Racewise, I'm already signed up for an HM and a full in the spring. I'm thinking about a second HM after the marathon. A marathon PR is unlikely, but an HM PR seems possible. Still haven't decided what to race in the second half of the year.
Doubt I'll do too well on all of them, but doing well on even one of them would be pretty nice.
@noblsheep - my ortho doctor, years ago recommended Chi running. Essentially relaxing your body and running more naturally. There are books written about it and a website dedicated to it.
Also when I was having so many problems when running, feeling dizzy, etc. I was referred to a nutritionist who a) increased my daily calories by about 600 and b) increased carbs to be just over 50% of my daily calories (I had been trying to eat way more protein). I have lost weight even while eating more, so it is possible but it does assume you are maintaining a level of activity.
Yes, I've heard of it but have never tried. Maybe I'll get the book one of these days.
The Chi in traditional Chinese medicine is a mumble jumble concept that's, basically, the stuff that keeps us animated, pushes forward metabolism, and keeps us from succumbing from every sickness that comes our way. I have no respect for this branch of Chinese medicine, so I was poking fun at the doctor who told me that I needed to eat more carbs to boost my Chi
The plan from your nutritionist seems pretty sound. I'm in a similar position, currently eating far more protein, and in a deficit. I'll try to incorporate a similar approach for a month or two and see what happens. Thanks!3 -
So I've been thinking this morning and decided that the world is far from perfect, and my current knee issues are likely to be my body telling me it doesn't like the idea of me sustaining my current mileage. I'm considering a few options...
1. Reduce my distance slightly and stick to this, then increase the mileage a month before race day following the last month of my last training plan: 3 x 5km and 1 x 15km (I'm currently doing 5km, 8km, 5km, 18km and wanted to up the long run to 20km next month)
2. Dial it back: my target race, the road HM on March 22nd which I'm already signed up for (I'm coming to terms with the fact that a trail HM 3 weeks beforehand would probably be too much) is 12 weeks away so I could cut my mileage right back and start a 12 week training plan now. This would lead to 2 options:
a. Use the same plan I used last time, ie 4 runs per week
b. try a 3 run per week plan which spreads the same weekly mileage over 3 runs instead of 4, leaving 2 cross training days and 2 rest days. I would swim one XT day and hike the other.
Thoughts, opinions? I know I know you're not doctors etc etc etc.5 -
I haven’t looked back at last year’s goals, but my goals for this year are:
Train well and hopefully PR in March’s marathon.
Focus more on other exercises so I can improve overall strength.
Post in here more consistently.
Goal for January is 100 miles.6 -
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »So I've been thinking this morning and decided that the world is far from perfect, and my current knee issues are likely to be my body telling me it doesn't like the idea of me sustaining my current mileage. I'm considering a few options...
1. Reduce my distance slightly and stick to this, then increase the mileage a month before race day following the last month of my last training plan: 3 x 5km and 1 x 15km (I'm currently doing 5km, 8km, 5km, 18km and wanted to up the long run to 20km next month)
2. Dial it back: my target race, the road HM on March 22nd which I'm already signed up for (I'm coming to terms with the fact that a trail HM 3 weeks beforehand would probably be too much) is 12 weeks away so I could cut my mileage right back and start a 12 week training plan now. This would lead to 2 options:
a. Use the same plan I used last time, ie 4 runs per week
b. try a 3 run per week plan which spreads the same weekly mileage over 3 runs instead of 4, leaving 2 cross training days and 2 rest days. I would swim one XT day and hike the other.
Thoughts, opinions? I know I know you're not doctors etc etc etc.
I would suggest the 12-week plan to get ready for the HM since that is your target race. 3 runs or 4 is a harder question I think could be argued either direction. I would say try one and see how it goes, switch if you need to.1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »eleanorhawkins wrote: »So I've been thinking this morning and decided that the world is far from perfect, and my current knee issues are likely to be my body telling me it doesn't like the idea of me sustaining my current mileage. I'm considering a few options...
1. Reduce my distance slightly and stick to this, then increase the mileage a month before race day following the last month of my last training plan: 3 x 5km and 1 x 15km (I'm currently doing 5km, 8km, 5km, 18km and wanted to up the long run to 20km next month)
2. Dial it back: my target race, the road HM on March 22nd which I'm already signed up for (I'm coming to terms with the fact that a trail HM 3 weeks beforehand would probably be too much) is 12 weeks away so I could cut my mileage right back and start a 12 week training plan now. This would lead to 2 options:
a. Use the same plan I used last time, ie 4 runs per week
b. try a 3 run per week plan which spreads the same weekly mileage over 3 runs instead of 4, leaving 2 cross training days and 2 rest days. I would swim one XT day and hike the other.
Thoughts, opinions? I know I know you're not doctors etc etc etc.
I would suggest the 12-week plan to get ready for the HM since that is your target race. 3 runs or 4 is a harder question I think could be argued either direction. I would say try one and see how it goes, switch if you need to.
I must say, I've spent most of this year following that up and down cycle and it has gone well. Post injury I started from scratch and repeated c25k, then I followed an 8km plan, then a 15km plan, then a HM plan. It's only been since I tried to just maintain that higher 'month-before-race' mileage that it's started to be an issue. Although that might not even be the issue, it could also have been that I couldn't swim last week (which really loosens up my legs) or that my shoes have almost 450km of running on them, plus warm up and cool down walks.
But yeah, I'm leaning towards doing the sensible thing and starting a plan from the beginning again, thus reducing mileage drastically for a few weeks and building back up again. Just need to convince my brain that there's nothing wrong with doing that!
I've just been for a swim and the knee feels a lot better, so I'll take it for an easy jog tomorrow and see what it has to say for itself
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Hello all! New to this for 2020, but very excited to get involved. I'm training for my first marathon (May 3rd), so I need all the help I can get to stick to the training plan, especially in the cold winter months.
My 2019 started well, but after the half-marathon I was training for in September (which I finished in 1:45), I slacked off in the fall. Total mileage for the year will end up around 815 and mileage for December will be a little over 60.
My goal for January is 105 miles, which would be just ahead of my best month from 2019 (May, 103.03). That was coming off a down month in April (37.5), so I know it should be attainable if I'm focused and run smart (and the weather cooperates for my weekend long runs).10 -
I’m in!
Goals...
1. Run an average of 1 mile per day (and walk many more than that).
2. Loose 20 pounds.
Abi
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So far the new "squirrel resistant" feeder is working (just missed focus, bah!)
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Thank you @PastorVincent! Also love your acrobatic squirrel photo.
Big welcome to the new people joining us!!! Please feel comfortable to jump right in and share, no matter your level or goals. If you run at all, whether slow as a sloth or fast as a cheetah, even if not currently running due to injury, etc, you're a runner and you are among friends!
Still working on my goals but I thought I'd share this - someone in my run group shared it on facebook so all I have is this jpeg but it might be a fun way to track running/workout days throughout the year. I wish it could be colored in digitally though.
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katharmonic wrote: »Thank you @PastorVincent! Also love your acrobatic squirrel photo.
Big welcome to the new people joining us!!! Please feel comfortable to jump right in and share, no matter your level or goals. If you run at all, whether slow as a sloth or fast as a cheetah, even if not currently running due to injury, etc, you're a runner and you are among friends!
Still working on my goals but I thought I'd share this - someone in my run group shared it on facebook so all I have is this jpeg but it might be a fun way to track running/workout days throughout the year. I wish it could be colored in digitally though.
Awesome!
Though we get a bonus day this year, lol1
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