February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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marisap2010 wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary Your 7 year old is going a tri? That is crazy! What are the distances for each section- just curious?
It’s the Weetbix (cereal) Tryathlon, designed for kids between 7 and 15. They’re held all over the country over summer. The 7-year-olds swim 50 metres, cycle 4km, and run 1.5km. It’s certainly challenging for the younger ones but they love it. They get a t-shirt, swim cap and gear bag, and a medal (and breakfast if they want it), there’s loads of support, including a bunch of elite athletes, and hundreds of very excited, if somewhat nervous, kids competing.14 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »marisap2010 wrote: »@ContraryMaryMary Your 7 year old is going a tri? That is crazy! What are the distances for each section- just curious?
It’s the Weetbix (cereal) Tryathlon, designed for kids between 7 and 15. They’re held all over the country over summer. The 7-year-olds swim 50 metres, cycle 4km, and run 1.5km. It’s certainly challenging for the younger ones but they love it. They get a t-shirt, swim cap and gear bag, and a medal (and breakfast if they want it), there’s loads of support, including a bunch of elite athletes, and hundreds of very excited, if somewhat nervous, kids competing.
Plus they get to say they competed in a triathlon! That is so cool!3 -
That didn't go quite as well as I hoped. I need to go slower on long runs, not psych myself into thinking I can just keep going further at the speed that challenges me for slower runs. I should run the shorter runs slower, too, I think. I managed 8 miles before my brain defeated me. I'll just try again tomorrow.
Slower.
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2/1 - C25K week 4, day 2 complete
2/2 - walk/rest
2/3 - C25K week 4, day 3 complete
2/4 - walk/yoga
Yesterday the weather was perfect! Usually this time of year it's snowing and freezing in Ohio, but yesterday was like spring - sunny and 60 degrees. It definitely felt different not starting out cold. Not bad, just different.
I am also doing yoga for the first time, since I wanted something to do on my rest days, and it is HARD. Much more difficult than I thought. My arms are not used to holding me up for any length of time, haha. I am finding that it helps with the soreness from running, which is super nice!10 -
8k without interval, longest run straight through. Lets see if I can repeat on Thursday.
1. Run 10k without interval.................8k
2. Ttl no of runs 14+...........................3
3. Total distance 110k+......................29km
4. Long Run 17k+.................................16km
5. Strength training x3 wk...................1
6. Weight goal coming up..................✔
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Another 3 miles. 3red dayin a row I have been able to run 3 miles. New record for me.
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Oh, @Camaramandy648 now I get it! That's pretty high up, I can't blame you for wanting to get down from there. But I'm sure it's fun - I'd love to try it.
@shanaber sorry to hear your knee is sore today. Hope it's not too much of a setback.
@polskagirl01 I do that all the time with my speedy friends. It works for a while to chat and hang with them, then I fade out. It's a good push though! I hear you on being ready for bedtime too.
@mbaker566 - 50k! Exciting goal!
@ContraryMaryMary that kids' triathlon is very cool. How exciting for you kiddo, and brave to be up for it.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
02/01/20 :::: 7.8 :::: 7.8
02/02/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 10.9
02/03/20 :::: 3.8 :::: 14.7
02/04/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 16.7
My Tuesday night mace class is on hiatus for two weeks so I decided to try to get to the gym in the morning today rather than after work. I like the idea of getting a workout in early, but lack the willpower to execute that plan most of the time. And I wanted to go to a yoga class that I usually can't make it to but definitely need for stress management purposes.
I nearly turned off the alarm, but I did make it to the gym only about 15 minutes later than planned. I ran on the treadmill for the two miles, but in the middle of it I did 5-minute intervals each on the stairmaster and Jacob's ladder. Then I did pull-ups and went to yoga, which was a nice stretchy class today.
My trainer asked me if I'd participate in "study" about mace training so it sounds like we'll do the 3D body scans before and after a few weeks of mace workouts. I may be sorry I agreed to this. (I say study in quotes because it doesn't seem very official or well-controlled from a scientific perspective, but I support the concept and of gathering some data so I'm in). I didn't have time to get my body scan in today so I'll do that tomorrow. I haven't done one for maybe 6 months or more so it will be interesting/revealing (always revealing - it shows every lump and bump!)
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autumnblade75 wrote: »That didn't go quite as well as I hoped. I need to go slower on long runs, not psych myself into thinking I can just keep going further at the speed that challenges me for slower runs. I should run the shorter runs slower, too, I think. I managed 8 miles before my brain defeated me. I'll just try again tomorrow.
Slower.autumnblade75 wrote: »That didn't go quite as well as I hoped. I need to go slower on long runs, not psych myself into thinking I can just keep going further at the speed that challenges me for slower runs. I should run the shorter runs slower, too, I think. I managed 8 miles before my brain defeated me. I'll just try again tomorrow.
Slower.
I'm not an expert and you're not a child but I'll tell you what I told my 13 year old when she ran with me the other night and thought she would fly by me only to get winded and stop up ahead and want to rest. Then when I caught up to her, she was done in for having pushed too hard to fast but I pushed her to run again to teach her a lesson. "Pace yourself, this is an endurance run" and it wasn't. It was 3 miles but compared to her daily one mile gym run, it was... Turbo speed is great for sprints or if you plan to stop. Otherwise slow and steady wins the long race, I believe. I'm not sure if she gets endurance, steady and pacing but she'll figure it out.
Nice job on the 8 miles! And congratulations if that was a milestone...1 -
@katharmonic Is it risky? What are mace workouts?0
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Today is cross training day for me. So I did a Leslie Sansone video this morning and am now tending to sick kids. They are teenagers and mostly self sufficient. So I’m just making sure they take meds and trying not to catch this cold/flu/plague from them. The weather here is also predicting cold weather on my scheduled run days. They even floated the possibility of snow flurries Thursday morning. That’s crazy talk for southeast Texas. I’ll be surprised if it actually reaches Houston.
@mbaker566 woot! Excited for you!
@autumnblade75 super cute car! I love the green!
@contrarymarymary what a neat event for the kids!
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The weather forecast faked me out! I had to make a decision about whether to run later in the afternoon by 11 am, and at that time it said 90% chance of thunderstorms. I will run in rain but not in lightning. So, 3 pm arrives and not only are there no storms, it’s not even raining! But by then I had committed to other activities.
I may go out later tonight in my neighborhood or I may not.6 -
@sulwen314
I agree! I added yoga 2 years ago to force myself to stretch and gain flexibilty. It really helped with my plantar fasciatis too. But it is a strenght workout for sure and in the right class, can be a total cardio class. Lots of good things and a great cross train. And I love the mindfulness aspect - forces me to let "that s__t go" for an hour a day.
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Skipping a few posts.
Got up early, Ran 5k, drove 5hrs now getting ready for Queen!
Packed my bag and realised that most of my gear is running gear. It's an illness isn't it. Sigh.
Aiming to do a minimum of 10k tomorrow, after a decent lay in - like around 7am probably. Like @ContraryMaryMary the humidity is insane. It's either first thing or not at all.
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Feb - goal 150k
Feb 1 - 7.2k
Feb 2 - 5k
Feb 3 - 7k
Feb 4 - 4k
Feb 5 - 5.3k
Total: 28.5
Run streak - 47 days11 -
@katharmonic Is it risky? What are mace workouts?
@LoveyChar it's not risky, it's just a type of strength training (except for risks like when I whacked my knee with the mace a couple of weeks ago). The mace is a steel rod with a heavy ball at one end - an offset weight. Like medieval weapon mace, but no fighting! It's a full-body workout that you do with lots of squats, lunges, overhead work, etc. Definitely works the arms and shoulders/back though to be swinging that around.
Some pics of the mace in action:
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katharmonic wrote: »@katharmonic Is it risky? What are mace workouts?
@LoveyChar it's not risky, it's just a type of strength training (except for risks like when I whacked my knee with the mace a couple of weeks ago). The mace is a steel rod with a heavy ball at one end - an offset weight. Like medieval weapon mace, but no fighting! It's a full-body workout that you do with lots of squats, lunges, overhead work, etc. Definitely works the arms and shoulders/back though to be swinging that around.
Some pics of the mace in action:
Wow, interesting exercise! Thanks for replying!0 -
I like the sound of that full body scan more than the sore knee. I wonder if anyone does that near me?
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autumnblade75 wrote: »That didn't go quite as well as I hoped. I need to go slower on long runs, not psych myself into thinking I can just keep going further at the speed that challenges me for slower runs. I should run the shorter runs slower, too, I think. I managed 8 miles before my brain defeated me. I'll just try again tomorrow.
Slower.
I'm not an expert and you're not a child but I'll tell you what I told my 13 year old when she ran with me the other night and thought she would fly by me only to get winded and stop up ahead and want to rest. Then when I caught up to her, she was done in for having pushed too hard to fast but I pushed her to run again to teach her a lesson. "Pace yourself, this is an endurance run" and it wasn't. It was 3 miles but compared to her daily one mile gym run, it was... Turbo speed is great for sprints or if you plan to stop. Otherwise slow and steady wins the long race, I believe. I'm not sure if she gets endurance, steady and pacing but she'll figure it out.
Nice job on the 8 miles! And congratulations if that was a milestone...
Thank you. I'm training for a marathon. Not my first. I just need to relearn everything - probably the hard way.
For the record, the run intervals were about 20 seconds faster per mile than my usual - but I don't usually walk at all. Not anything I would call a sprint. This is how I'm attempting to fine-tune. There may be a better way, but I'm stubborn. I need to harness it to work for me, instead of against. I do know that in the past I've run for 5:30 and then walked for :30. Yesterday was 9:00/1:00. I think I'll try keeping at regular speed, then, and allowing the walks to lower the average. If that doesn't work, I'll shorten the intervals. If that doesn't work, I'll have no choice but to slow further. Today, I'll walk whatever portion I can't force myself to run. Running slower will be faster than walking the last 5 miles. Hopefully.
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Last night was my Body Pump class followed by 1 mile on the indoor track. I am supposed to run 4 today, but I am having refrigerator issues, so between work and coordinating a repair, as well as avoiding storms that are coming later, I do t know if I’ll get it in. We’ll see.7
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My goals for 2020 are to stay injury free and healthy. I am also possibly going to try again for my first half marathon.
February goal : 70 miles
Plan goal: 76 miles
2/1 - 6 miles
2/3. - 3 miles
2/4 - 2 miles
2/5. - 2 miles
Monthly total - 13 miles
Day 2 with new shoes and no knee pain. *sigh* This sport is getting expensive. I calculate I will need 2 more pairs just to get through my half marathon training plan and the race itself. I need to make sure I get matching colors so my husband doesn't notice LOL.
Races:
March 14:
St. Malachi 2 mile and 5 mile
May 16:
Cleveland Marathon Half and 5k
June 13 - 14:
Run and Ride Cedar Point 5k and Quarter Marathon
September 20:
Cleveland Hero's Run 5 miler
December 5:
Santa Hustle Cedar Point 5k6 -
Ran 12k, moderate pace. But I'm more concerned about the random girls in bras who gave me kudos on Strava to two different activities. They don't appear to log any activities other than promoting their dating site, and are listed as being far, far away from me in California. My activities clearly say "Only your followers can view this activity..." I reported their profiles but HOW THE KITTEN DID THEY EVEN SEE MY WORKOUTS? Ugggh.10
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