February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge

I just want to stick to my weekly mileage goals. don't care how i get there.

I'm in for 100 miles again in February.

Oh Hey there!!!! I've been out for the entire year so far with shin pain in both legs. But planning on starting up again Feb. 1 Have been Liking and Hugging all of you this past month, but didn't have it in me to post anything.

Not going to set a mileage goal. Just going to ramp up SLOWLY (yes, I mean it this time)!!!!

I did some math, and it looks like I estimated light. I'll be more conservative than my plan and say 150 miles.



Since it's not February yet, and I'm not actively participating in the January Challenge, I'll post this here:
For Science!

So, I took off my sports bra after my 6 miles today, and it was SOAKED. I said to myself, "I wonder how much sweat I could wring out of this thing." But I realized that I can't wring every drop out, and then I had an idea.

I grabbed all the other sports bras of the same style (7 of them) and dragged them downstairs to weigh them. They weighed between 44 and 49 grams, dry. (47, 47, 49, 49, 46, 44, 44) The sweaty one weighed 144 grams.

Since I run on the treadmill, alone in the house, I don't have to worry much about modesty, so I regularly run in just a sports bra and shorts. Some of you may recall that I prefer cotton, and this sports bra is 95% cotton/5% spandex. Over 3.5 ounces of water absorbed, 68 minutes of effort and no chafing. If any of the body-weight scales in this house were reasonably accurate, I'd make more of an effort to measure total sweat output. I'm just impressed/disgusted by how much liquid my bra holds, so I had to share.

@emmamcgarity @katharmonic @SchweddyGirl @marisap2010 Thank you all for the warm welcome! I've been doing a lot of reading here and on r/running, and everyone seems so supportive and helpful. Very excited to be joining such a great community!