January 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@rheddmobile What a great race report! Way to hang in there, and I love the pic of your shoes!
@kgirlhart I’m glad your mom is ok!
@PastorVincent Nice job figuring out those strides! I’m very interested to see how your coach tortures you next...
Tonight’s plan was to run easy 30 minutes. I found it even easier to run slower by myself than I did this past weekend at Parkrun. I was listening to a podcast that lasted 35 minutes and ended up running all 35 minutes instead of the 30 minute plan. 2.7 miles total. Hamstring felt strong, barely any tightness. I felt like I could have run longer but decided not to push my luck on this rehab plan by overdoing it.5 -
@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.1
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@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.0 -
Hey all.
@noblsheep hope you are OK!
@kgirlhart glad to hear about your mum!
No real news here. Did 3k easy this morning, then a strength workout. I think im going to have to star getting heavier weight plates, but whew they get expensive! Especially when you have to buy 4 to keep things even. I really want some powerblock but we can't get them here.
Longish run, maybe 8k, planned for tomorrow. Will see how I feel. On track for 140km for the month! Wooo hooo!
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Jan - goal 140k
Jan 1 - 2.1k
Jan 2 - 3k
Jan 3 - 6k
Jan 4 - 3k
Jan 5 - 9k
Jan 6 - 6.3k
Jan 7 - 2.3k
Jan 8 - 8.3k
Jan 9 - 3k
Jan 10 - 7k
Jan 11 - 4k
Jan 12 - 2k
Jan 13 - 5.5k
Jan 14 - 3k
Jan 15 - 7.6k
Jan 16 - 3k
Jan 17 - 4.5k
Jan 18 - 7.2k
Jan 19 - 3.4k
Jan 20 - 2k
Jan 21 - 5.2k
Jan 22 - 9.0k
Jan 23 - 3.7k
Jan 24 - 3.4k
Jan 25 - 6.6k
Jan 26 - 2.6k
Jan 27 - 5.8
Jan 28 - 3k
Total: 131.6k
Run streak - 39 days7 -
PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.
Yes, @noblsheep said that the marathon might be canceled!
ETA: I do recognize that the risk to human life is more important than a running race. Hope the sickness passes quickly.1 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.
Yes, @noblsheep said that the marathon might be canceled!
ETA: I do recognize that the risk to human life is more important than a running race. Hope the sickness passes quickly.
Ack! See that is the problem with not being able to read every post you miss news like this.
The news said yesterday morning we had 5 cases here in the USA now too. Yay.0 -
Last night I ran two miles on the indoor track at the gym, and then I did the rowing machine for a bit.4
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@emmamcgarity Sounds like the rehab is working! Yeah!1
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Glad your Mum is okay @kgirlhart
I love Egypt @marisap2010 which part are you headed for?
Great running @LoveyChar and @rheddmobile and I feel a little embarassed to be so far behind in my plan. After a rest day and then a cycle day I am expecting big things from my back today.
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1-1 8k slow + resistance bands
1-2 7k slow + yoga
1-3 rest + resistance bands
1-4 7k slow + yoga
1-5 8k slow
1-6 7k easy + resistance bands
1-7 rest + yoga
1-8 7k slow + resistance bands
1-9 7k slow + yoga
1-10 rest + resistance bands
1-11 5k slow + yoga
1-12 7k slow
1-13 7k slow + resistance bands
1-14 rest + yoga
1-15 7k easy + resistance bands
1-16 7k easy + yoga
1-17 7k slow + resistance bands
1-18 rest + yoga
1-19 7k slow
1-20 7k slow + resistance bands
1-21 rest + yoga
1-22 7k easy + resistance bands
1-23 7k easy + yoga
1-24 rest + resistance bands
1-25 7k easy + yoga
1-26 7k easy
1-27 7k moderate + resistance bands
1-28 rest + yoga
January Total: 140k
January Goal: 135k
Scheduled rest day today. Weather hasn't change in 4 days: still cloudy, low 30s F, wind from the southwest with light snow.
Next year when you pop in here claiming your December 2020 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs
Run at least 4 5k races
Get a 5k PR
Average at least 138k per month, to meet my Run the Year pledge of 1,020 miles
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders3 -
1/1 - Skipped
1/2 - 4 miles
1/3 - Weights
1/4 - 5.5 miles
1/5 - 11.32 miles
23.82 miles for the week (20.82 in January)
1/6 - Rest
1/7 - 3.15 miles
1/8 - Skipped
1/9 - 5 miles
1/10 - Weights
1/11 - 13.27 miles
1/12 - 4 miles
25.42 miles for the week
1/13 - Rest
1/14 - 2.59 miles
1/15 - Skipped
1/16 - 6.42 miles
1/17 - Core work
1/18 - 11.08 miles
1/19 - 4 miles
24.09 miles for the week
1/20 - Weights
1/21 - 4 miles
1/22 - 4 miles
1/23 - 4 miles
1/24 - Skipped
1/25 - 3 miles
1/26 - 12.13 miles
27.13 miles for the week
1/27 - Skipped
1/28 - 3 miles (27:42) and a couple sets of weights to make up for skipping yesterday.
3 miles for the week so far
January To-Date / Goal = 100.46 / 1056 -
Woke up this morning and it was 12 degrees and I was feeling like a baby so . . . treadmill run!
It felt really challenging because I may have overdone it with the planks yesterday and I could feel my poor core muscles every step of the run.
1/1: 1.5m
1/2: 3m
1/3: 2m
1/4: 3m
1/5: 3.5m
1/6: 2.5m
1/7: 3.25m
1/8: 4m
1/9: 3m
1/10: 2.25m
1/11: 3m
1/12: 5.75m
1/13: .75m
1/16: 3.5m
1/17: 3.5m
1/18: 5m
1/19: 6m
1/20: 2.25m
1/21: 3.5m
1/22: 5m
1/23: 3.5m
1/24: 2m
1/25: 3m
1/26: 7.75m
1/27: 8m
1/28: 4m9 -
I want to say thank you for all of the comments, insights, and inspiration to all that have commented to me and just to those who read, hug, like, and contribute with their own experiences. I read it all, I do.
I'm looking forward to February. I'm looking forward to my marathon. I'm looking forward to after my marathon when I go back to running for FUN and FREEDOM when I ENJOYED it. That means 3 miles four or five times a week, no expectations and no goals. This has been exhausting. I'm ready, I'm excited, and I'm also ready to relax and be done. I don't ever wish time away and I am grateful to God for every opportunity in this life that he has blessed me with. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!9 -
@LoveyChar
I totally get that feeling! I ran three marathons last year, which meant I spent most of the year training. I was glad I did it, but I was so happy to get back to "regular" running in December, just running for the pure love of it without specific mileage or speed targets. It's been so restorative.7 -
PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.
Yes, @noblsheep said that the marathon might be canceled!
ETA: I do recognize that the risk to human life is more important than a running race. Hope the sickness passes quickly.
Ack! See that is the problem with not being able to read every post you miss news like this.
The news said yesterday morning we had 5 cases here in the USA now too. Yay.
One is in Phoenix. And I believe at least 3 are Northern California?
ETA: Work sent out an email Monday morning with how to watch for symptoms and what to do.1 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.
Yes, @noblsheep said that the marathon might be canceled!
ETA: I do recognize that the risk to human life is more important than a running race. Hope the sickness passes quickly.
Ack! See that is the problem with not being able to read every post you miss news like this.
The news said yesterday morning we had 5 cases here in the USA now too. Yay.
One is in Phoenix. And I believe at least 3 are Northern California?
ETA: Work sent out an email Monday morning with how to watch for symptoms and what to do.
Only 2 in California if I read this right, but 5 total and one in Arizona.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/26/799726161/coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-arizona-bringing-u-s-total-to-5A fifth U.S. case of coronavirus has been confirmed, this one in Arizona's Maricopa County. A statement released on Sunday from the Arizona Department of Health Services described the patient as "a member of the Arizona State University community who does not live in university housing."
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Earlier Sunday, California officials confirmed the third and fourth cases in that state, one in Orange County and one in Los Angeles County. The first two U.S. cases, confirmed last week, involved one patient in Chicago and one in the Seattle region.0 -
I want to say thank you for all of the comments, insights, and inspiration to all that have commented to me and just to those who read, hug, like, and contribute with their own experiences. I read it all, I do.
I'm looking forward to February. I'm looking forward to my marathon. I'm looking forward to after my marathon when I go back to running for FUN and FREEDOM when I ENJOYED it. That means 3 miles four or five times a week, no expectations and no goals. This has been exhausting. I'm ready, I'm excited, and I'm also ready to relax and be done. I don't ever wish time away and I am grateful to God for every opportunity in this life that he has blessed me with. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
This is very normal for the longest weeks of Marathon training. Your body IS run down. You ARE low on energy and that DOES impact everything. This is intentional. Fighting through this NOW will increase your odds of completion on race day.
This is very much a MENTAL sport. You already beat the physical, but the mental battle will plague you all the way to the finish line. Part of training is to make you confront that sooner rather than later so you can be ready on race day.
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January Goal: 100 Miles
1/1: 6.41 miles
1/2: 6.10 miles
1/5: 4.55 miles
1/7: 3.55 miles
1/8: 6.10 miles
1/9: 6.02 miles
1/12: 10.03 miles
1/14: 6.11 miles
1/15: 6.22 miles
1/16: 6.21 miles
1/19: 9.31 miles
1/22: 5.75 miles
1/23: 6.03 miles
1/26: 10.4 miles
1/28: 6.22 miles
99.01/100 miles completed for January
99.01/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
This morning's run was a really nice 6.2 miles. The weather was pretty nice. It was a little windy so I wasn't sure what to wear. It wasn't cold, but the wind felt kind of chilly. I ended up in capris and a t-shirt with my sleeves. I would have been ok in shorts, but the capris have pockets and I figured they would be nice to have if I took the sleeves off (which I did about halfway through). I was kind of hot and sweaty when I got home, but in a good "workout" kind of way and not in an "I'm dying" kind of way. I did have to detour my route. I've been running down the main street and then doing a little loop around the courthouse and the technical college before heading west because it is a nice well lit route. But today when I turned the corner at the courthouse I saw a skunk walking right towards me. So I promptly turned around and decided not to take that little loop and just kept heading west. I spent the rest of the run on pretty high alert. The skunks have been pretty active the last few days. We have had one outside of our house a few times. So far he hasn't sprayed anything. I didn't see any other skunks this morning, but I did smell skunk a couple of times. But I still enjoyed the run and now I am just one mile short of my goal for January, so I should be able to get that tomorrow.
I did go back and read through the thread and I did a lot of liking and hugging where appropriate. Great job on your long runs @Camaramandy648 and @LoveyChar. Awesome race report @rheddmobile. Way to get it done when you didn't feel good. I'm sure I missed some so if you had a race or an awesome run I'm sure I liked it.
That corona virus is pretty scary. I hope that @noblsheep is ok, and @RunsOnEspresso I hope you don't come in to contact with it. Wash, wash, wash your hands.
Thanks @shanaber @katharmonic @quilteryoyo @hamsterwheel6 @emmamcgarity @Avidkeo and @TheMrWobbly for your well wishes for my mom. She is doing better. I am really lucky that my parents at 75 and 83 are in relatively good health and that my 4 sisters are all close by so we are all able to take care of them when we are needed without putting too much stress on any one of us. My mother in law is also in good health at 76 but my father in law was in bad health for many years before he passed away and my husband's brother was far away so it all fell to my husband and I know it was a lot harder on him. I am definitely lucky.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon7 -
PastorVincent wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »polskagirl01 wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@noblsheep I just heard about the corona virus outbreak. Hope all well and it’s contained quickly. Corona iris.. coronavirus sheesh spell correct. It’s not a beer virus or a flower nor eye.
Oh... is @noblsheep anywhere near that? It sounds horrible.
Yes, @noblsheep said that the marathon might be canceled!
ETA: I do recognize that the risk to human life is more important than a running race. Hope the sickness passes quickly.
Ack! See that is the problem with not being able to read every post you miss news like this.
The news said yesterday morning we had 5 cases here in the USA now too. Yay.
One is in Phoenix. And I believe at least 3 are Northern California?
ETA: Work sent out an email Monday morning with how to watch for symptoms and what to do.
Only 2 in California if I read this right, but 5 total and one in Arizona.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/26/799726161/coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-arizona-bringing-u-s-total-to-5A fifth U.S. case of coronavirus has been confirmed, this one in Arizona's Maricopa County. A statement released on Sunday from the Arizona Department of Health Services described the patient as "a member of the Arizona State University community who does not live in university housing."
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Earlier Sunday, California officials confirmed the third and fourth cases in that state, one in Orange County and one in Los Angeles County. The first two U.S. cases, confirmed last week, involved one patient in Chicago and one in the Seattle region.
The two California cases are in So. Cal. None so far identified in No. Cal. Yesterday they also flew in a special flight of US evacuees from the Embassy and other locations in China, to a smaller airport here. My understanding is they were quarantined immediately. The OC case I believe is a student and was at the college as well as grocery shopping and at one of the large malls here (So Coast Plaza) after they returned but before they became sick. Now they are concerned about all the people they came in contact with in those locations.4 -
PastorVincent wrote: »I want to say thank you for all of the comments, insights, and inspiration to all that have commented to me and just to those who read, hug, like, and contribute with their own experiences. I read it all, I do.
I'm looking forward to February. I'm looking forward to my marathon. I'm looking forward to after my marathon when I go back to running for FUN and FREEDOM when I ENJOYED it. That means 3 miles four or five times a week, no expectations and no goals. This has been exhausting. I'm ready, I'm excited, and I'm also ready to relax and be done. I don't ever wish time away and I am grateful to God for every opportunity in this life that he has blessed me with. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
This is very normal for the longest weeks of Marathon training. Your body IS run down. You ARE low on energy and that DOES impact everything. This is intentional. Fighting through this NOW will increase your odds of completion on race day.
This is very much a MENTAL sport. You already beat the physical, but the mental battle will plague you all the way to the finish line. Part of training is to make you confront that sooner rather than later so you can be ready on race day.
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