January 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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Injury update - I ran today again with my 4:1 walk:run intervals. Still a little tightness in the hamstring but definitely improving and no pain. It felt good and I was tempted to run further than planned. But I stopped myself to make sure I don’t overdo it. If all goes well I should be back to continuous running for February.
2.18 miles for my current January total.
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janejellyroll wrote: »I love seeing the lists of planned races!
Here are mine:
2/8 - Valentine's Day TC 5K
3/21 - Hot Dash 10m
5/2 - Willow trail 20m
5/7 - TC 1m
5/17 - City Trails Half Marathon
6/20 - Grandma's Marathon
7/4 - Red, White, & Boom Half Marathon
9/19 - Surly Trail Half Marathon
10/4 - TC Marathon
12/5 - St. Jude's Half Marathon
Welcome to the thread! It’s funny, I’ve been reading your posts for ages and never realized you were a runner. At the St Jude’s you’ll be in my neck of the woods!0 -
That's good to hear, @emmamcgarity ! Are you doing anything else for your hamstrings, such as stretching or strengthening?
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According to my training plan my target for Jan is 135 miles - ha!
Back to back 10ks mean at least I am off to a reasonable start
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Yes! I’ve been doing strengthening exercises in a PDF I found online specific to hamstrings. I’ve followed the progression with those prescribed plans. I’ve also added general strength training from HASfit 3 times per week and I’m doing Leslie Sansone walk aerobics (just the 15 minute ones 3-4 times per week to include lateral movement. My pain was in the upper inside thigh where the hamstring meets the pelvis on the same side where I had the hip injury before. But this was much worse and I considered seeing a doctor at some point if no improvement happened.That's good to hear, @emmamcgarity ! Are you doing anything else for your hamstrings, such as stretching or strengthening?
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So this might be fun. I will try to update occasionally with my coach has for me to do - verse what I actually do.
This is my "light introduction week"
Reminder: Goal is BQ in Spring of 2021.
DAY :: PLAN :: ACTUAL
Monday :: REST :: REST
Tuesday :: Easy 8 Miles :: Easy 10 Miles
Wednesday :: REST :: REST
Thursday :: Easy 9 Miles :: Easy 10 Miles
Friday :: REST :: TBD
Saturday :: Easy 11 Miles :: TBD
Sunday :: Recovery 5 Miles :: TBD
Not formated great. Not sure how to do it better. Hopefully legible.10 -
January goal is to finish the 2 marathons for which I'm registered... that sounds easy enough, but with how my injuries have been going, I'm not so sure it is.
1/11/20 - Charlotte Marathon - Charlotte, NC
1/19/20 - Louisiana Marathon - Baton Rouge, LA8 -
I did it! I hit the submit button and am now officially registered for the Air Force Half Marathon in Sept! They asked for an estimated finish time. I have no idea, as I have never run further than 7.25 miles before. So, I guessed a hopeful 3 hours. I'm nervous, but excited.
I also joined one of the RTY teams today. I ran/walked 500 miles last year, so hopefully I will be able to do that, if not more, this year. I just need to stay as consistent as possible with my inconsistent life schedule.
Today, I had intended to run outside, but, after the horrible eating yesterday, my tummy was giving me all sorts of trouble. I'm surprised if you all didn't hear it grumbling this morning. It also started raining and I wasn't ready to be a beast yet this year. So, I did a treadmill run. I did 3 miles @6.0/5.5/5.0/3.8 mph for 3/3/3/1 minute intervals. Time required for said run was 33:23 minutes for an overall pace of 11:08. That's not bad for me. I have been mostly running for 4 minutes and walking 1 minute. I thought I would try running longer, especially on the treadmill. I figure 9 min/1 min run/walk doesn't completely blow the Jeff Galloway method out the door, even though he advocates less running before walk breaks. I'm sort of adopting his method to what seems to work for me. Outdoor running may still need to be somewhat closer to the 4/1 min intervals, at least for the near future. What today did show me was that I can run faster and then slow down so that I can run longer, and then slow down some more, walk, and repeat.
With the warm up and cool down walks, the total miles moving forward were 3.75.
On the Ninth Day of Christmas,
My workout let me see,
Nine minutes running
Eight hours with family
Seven thoughts of quitting
Six children sleeping
Five hills to run
Four falling leaves
Three black cows
Two tractor tracks
And a sweet bouncing boxer puppy.
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Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/20 :::: 4.3 :::: 4.3
01/02/20 :::: 4.9 :::: 9.2
Another two-part run today. A little over a mile warm-up on the treadmill before a class at the gym, then a run outside after work. It was supposed to be almost 50 degrees today, and I guess it was close to that but it was kind of windy and damp-feeling so not as nice as I hoped. Still, I'll take it for a January day.
A really terrifying thing happened at the gym this morning - a woman I know collapsed during her workout and was unresponsive. I witnessed them doing CPR and intubating her and that she was not conscious still when they transported her. I had just talked to her a few minutes before and I am just stunned that this happened and so very worried for her. I haven't heard any updates, I checked with my trainer and he hasn't heard anything either. It's just unreal and really scary.
That experience along with some quickly ramped up work stress has me not quite feeling the new year and I'm putting off my goal setting for a couple more days.14 -
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@quilteryoyo Congratulations on signing up!1
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@katharmonic So sorry to hear about your friend. Hoping and praying she is okay.0
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@katharmonic So sorry to hear about your friend. Hoping and praying she is okay.
ACK! Say here!
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Yikes @katharmonic hope you hear an update on your gym friend and she is recovering well! That must have been very scary to witness 😱0
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@katharmonic oh my! Praying for your friend!0
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I guess I am going to jump in, my goal is definitely small to begin with. Aiming to get 20 miles in January.
I started jogging back in 2013 while losing weight and had gotten half way (?) through C25K and found out I was pregnant. I didn't stick with it during pregnancy but did a little after she was born. Did a Color Me Rad 5K, but did more walking than anything bc I was doing it with another new mommy. Baby #2 was born in Sept 2016 and I have done a little jogging off and on since.
Lost 45 lbs last year and have been in my goal weight range for the past couple of months. I have decided it is time to work on toning and get back to jogging.
I'm a running mom too. Decided to have a baby at 41 1/2 in 2018. Hard to believe he'll be two this year. One of the best purchases I've ever made was a running stroller...
37yo mom here. My girls are 3 and 5 so we tried bike riding while I jogged. It worked for a few minutes, then hubby took them to the playground.3 -
January Goal = 20 miles
1/1 - 2.16 miles - C25K w1d110 -
So, I have been apart of this forum post in the past. Haven't done it in a while, but now back with a vengeance. Still running though, but did hit a slump last year. Lost all motivation to run. But back at it now, with the a bunch of races on the books for this year to keep me motivated! So here are this year's races:
January: Charleston HM
April: Hunstville HM and Bad Dog 5K
October: MCM
December: St. Jude HM
So my goal miles for this month aren't really set in stone, some days I am doing distance and others I am doing time. So really it is a 31 day streak....so let's put my goal at that: 31 miles for the month.
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1/1 - Skipped, hungover from NYE party. Awful way to start the year, honestly a little unexpected, I didn't really overdo it.
1/2 - 4 miles on the track after work, 8:13/mile average. Wanted to do more, but didn't have the energy. First two miles were fine (8:08, 8:09). Legs started to feel heavy on the third (8:13) and I had to gut out the fourth (8:22). To be honest, every run I can get outside in the winter is a gift.
Goal is 105 miles and I'm behind where I wanted to be at this point, but it's a long month.8 -
0102-5k total-15k goal-140k
The girlfriend wanted a run (once in a blue moon) so we went out for 5km. She really struggled after 4km so we made 5 and called it a day. My plan wanted 10km, but one short run won't kill me come race day.
@katharmonic sending good vibes your way and praying for your friend.10
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