February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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My running goals for 2020 are to build up endurance and speed while staying healthy. Strength goal - lose body fat and gain some muscle and work on flexibility.
February goal : 60 miles
Race: Cap 10K in April
Date/Distance:
2/1 - Yoga/strength day
2/2 – 7.1 miles
2/3 – Slow Flow Yoga
2/4 – 4.2 miles
2/5 – Walked 1.5 miles, Strength Circuit
2/6 – Ran 2.5 miles on treadmill, cycled at gym
2/7 – 3 miles
Monthly total – 18.3 miles
Did a shorter, slower run to see how the hip felt. Now gimping around – it did not help. Will lay low this weekend and see what’s what on Monday then decide how to proceed. What a gorgeous day to run! I would have liked to do more but will take what I can get. Happy Friday!😘
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@emmamcgarity
Yes....just started going 7 miles on Sundays in the past couple of weeks - could be that although hip didn't hurt until this week.
@Avidkeo
Actually have had orthotics for 10 years (big pronator)- these ones for 3 and podiatrist checked them and my shoes recently. He's a marathoner. And have been running with this set up for 2 years so not sure I can blame them. Thinks its probably new strength routine and added mileage my gut tells me, coupled with "aging sucks" lol. I will keep icing, resting, stretching, rolling along.....
Ahhhh fair enough! Apologies and yes definitely go with what the experts say. Pronation SUX! Good luck, hope something relaxes soon1 -
Morning all. Work today, its Saturday! Not sure if I want it busy or quiet. Will see how the day goes.
Went out for 7k this morning. Wasn't sure I would be able to! Yesterday I was wheeling a large trolley around, and I got in front of it while it was still moving a it went right into my heel. It had a metal strip along the bottom that hit tight into the top of my heel bone. It really hurt. I was limping around most of yesterday. So this morning when I put my shoes on, it was a bit tender. I decided to run 2k and see how it was going. It was pretty sore the first km - bruising pain - but by the second km it was barely a niggle. Woo hoo.
So because I knew it was just bruising, and no muscle injury, I kept going and did 7km. It felt wonderful.
Oh and I've got my bike out, so am cycling to work again. Its not far, 3km, but it's nice to be active, and it takes me pretty much the same amount of time.13 -
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
02/05/20 :::: 2.2 :::: 19.0
02/06/20 :::: 1.4 :::: 20.4
02/07/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 27.4
The snow day I wanted yesterday arrived today. I was surprised to wake up to a text that the university was closed. Taking advantage of this, I went to the gym and did a mace workout at 9 and then joined a small hardcore group for a long run at 9:30. The snow was really coming down, the wind was brutal at times, with pelting freezing snow. The side streets were horrible (main streets not much better) and the canal trail we intended to use was too deep with snow to make it navigable. So we stayed mostly on the plowed streets and slogged it out the best we could. One friend wanted to do 2 hours and I was planning to stick it out with her, but I got to 90 minutes and called it done. My legs were so tired from the workout before and then the slippery and deep snow conditions. I was happy to make it to 7 miles (she did 10, so tough!). It was the kind of day where coach's philosophy of "pace doesn't matter, doing it matters" was the only goal you could have.
I'm totally exhausted and my plans to get a lot of work done today have been seriously downgraded. But I'm glad to have the long run done! It's still snowing and I think we'll get at least 12-15" out of this one. I was planning on going into work for a while and then rock climbing tonight but not sure I can brave the streets again.
Snowy run photo:
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10.5 miles today, still not quite figuring out how to get to 15. I didn't walk at all, though. I spoke to myself out loud every half mile. I could fool myself for the first 9.5. The last couple, I recognized that I wasn't even fooling myself - and then I took a walk break and it was all over. I think I need a third water bottle to supply enough fluids for a full 15 mile run (and longer! Eek!) because rationing to a couple mouthfuls every 8 minutes leaves me thirsty - 6 is my standard. Today's experiment: I ran 11:32 for 10:30, then a minute at 10:00/mile. This gave me an average pace of 11:26 for a full 10.5 miles. I felt a lot better about it than 11:00/mile for 9 minutes, then a 1 minute walk. Tomorrow I have 7.5 on the schedule, but I'm an idiot and will probably make another attempt at 15 miles. The experiment shall be 10 minutes at 11:46, 1 minute at 10:00/mile.
Why is a 3 minutes savings over the course of a 3 hour run so important? If I'd just set the treadmill at 12:00/mile and trot along for the full 3 hours, we could just check this long run off the list and move along...
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@juliet3455 - good to see you checking in again! I hope you have that PF under control now, it can take such a long time to heal. It has been several years since I tore mine and every once in a while I feel a little burn in my foot there and think OMG NO! and then it goes away.😁
@sulwen314 - love your excitement! It is fun to challenge yourself and see what you can do!
@hamsterwheel6 - I hope you can safely run your race without having to jump around downed trees and flooding!
@Bearly6301 - I was going to say the same as @Avidkeo about the orthotics on top of stability shoes. I did that once and it caused me some serious problems. I used orthotics (made specifically for my pronation issues) for years and recently talked to my PT about stopping using them. He basically said strengthening the 'chain' all the way down to the ankles and feet will help reduce the pronation. That is what I have done and I no longer use the orthotics at all.
@katharmonic - that snow is beautiful and should be admired from inside with a nice fire and a cup of cocoa!
Got in a short terrible run yesterday with the new knee brace, feeling the entire time like my legs were dead and I was just generally dieing and then I went to strength training. Had a great session but really just felt exhausted. I think it is taking more and more for me to recover from races. Today I had an argument with myself about going out again. I wanted to go but kept telling myself I should take today as a rest day and maybe run on Sunday. I finally made myself head out the door even if it ended up being a walk. My legs felt surprisingly good although I did still feel a bit tired so not 100% recovered yet. The knee brace is, well, annoying. Hopefully I will get used to it. It seemed to help for a while and then my knee started hurting again, I am sure it was complaining about being held in place.
Tomorrow is a rest day with a Vizsla meetup on the calendar for Hobbes. Should be fun with a bunch of V's running around like crazy dogs. Sunday it is supposed to rain but I may get out for a run or just take an extra rest day.
Date.........Miles.......Total
02/01......0.00........0.00
02/02....13.10......13.10 - Surf City HM
02/03......2.28......15.38 - + Agility Class
02/04......0.00......15.38 - + Strength Training
02/05......3.89......19.27
02/06......4.46......23.73 - + Strength Training
02/07......3.62......27.35
2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 204.52/1000 miles (running and walking)
2020 Planned and Completed Races
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon9 -
autumnblade75 wrote: »10.5 miles today, still not quite figuring out how to get to 15. I didn't walk at all, though. I spoke to myself out loud every half mile. I could fool myself for the first 9.5. The last couple, I recognized that I wasn't even fooling myself - and then I took a walk break and it was all over. I think I need a third water bottle to supply enough fluids for a full 15 mile run (and longer! Eek!) because rationing to a couple mouthfuls every 8 minutes leaves me thirsty - 6 is my standard. Today's experiment: I ran 11:32 for 10:30, then a minute at 10:00/mile. This gave me an average pace of 11:26 for a full 10.5 miles. I felt a lot better about it than 11:00/mile for 9 minutes, then a 1 minute walk. Tomorrow I have 7.5 on the schedule, but I'm an idiot and will probably make another attempt at 15 miles. The experiment shall be 10 minutes at 11:46, 1 minute at 10:00/mile.
Why is a 3 minutes savings over the course of a 3 hour run so important? If I'd just set the treadmill at 12:00/mile and trot along for the full 3 hours, we could just check this long run off the list and move along...
Honestly I would stick to the plan, and do the 15 next week, rather than trying again so soon afterwards. Let your body get used to what you're doing. If I know it's going to be a tough run, I might plan the route as an out and back or something where the return is the shortest path possible, so that once I get to halfway, I have no choice but to do it. Seriously, don't worry about time on a long run that's an increased distance for you. Hide your watch (or leave it behind!) if you have to. Build in planned walk breaks if you want, or allow yourself to go as slow as you want as long as you're running, take along gummies or some sort of treat to encourage you, wear your favorite hat, plan some sort of reward for afterwards, whatever you need to do to get it done.8 -
Update on the Strava thing:
It is automated scraping, so apparently no one could actually see my info, and Strava is working on it but it's tough to prevent.5 -
I’m about to head to the gym for a run and some strength training. I haven’t worked out since Tuesday. Wednesday my mom was in town, and Thursday the storms were so bad that I couldn’t run outside and didn’t want to drive in the sideways rain to go to the gym. Last night, I was so tired that I fell asleep in front of the tv before 8pm. 😳
I leave for vacation mid-week, but I am going to try really hard to get in some sort of running while gone.8 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »autumnblade75 wrote: »10.5 miles today, still not quite figuring out how to get to 15. I didn't walk at all, though. I spoke to myself out loud every half mile. I could fool myself for the first 9.5. The last couple, I recognized that I wasn't even fooling myself - and then I took a walk break and it was all over. I think I need a third water bottle to supply enough fluids for a full 15 mile run (and longer! Eek!) because rationing to a couple mouthfuls every 8 minutes leaves me thirsty - 6 is my standard. Today's experiment: I ran 11:32 for 10:30, then a minute at 10:00/mile. This gave me an average pace of 11:26 for a full 10.5 miles. I felt a lot better about it than 11:00/mile for 9 minutes, then a 1 minute walk. Tomorrow I have 7.5 on the schedule, but I'm an idiot and will probably make another attempt at 15 miles. The experiment shall be 10 minutes at 11:46, 1 minute at 10:00/mile.
Why is a 3 minutes savings over the course of a 3 hour run so important? If I'd just set the treadmill at 12:00/mile and trot along for the full 3 hours, we could just check this long run off the list and move along...
Honestly I would stick to the plan, and do the 15 next week, rather than trying again so soon afterwards. Let your body get used to what you're doing. If I know it's going to be a tough run, I might plan the route as an out and back or something where the return is the shortest path possible, so that once I get to halfway, I have no choice but to do it. Seriously, don't worry about time on a long run that's an increased distance for you. Hide your watch (or leave it behind!) if you have to. Build in planned walk breaks if you want, or allow yourself to go as slow as you want as long as you're running, take along gummies or some sort of treat to encourage you, wear your favorite hat, plan some sort of reward for afterwards, whatever you need to do to get it done.
The next planned long run is 18 miles, scheduled for the 16th. I don't suspect it will get there, if I haven't managed 15, yet. I would love to let me body get used to what I'm doing, but if I let this lazy mass of flesh decide, I quit before I hit mile 1, no matter how slow I go. Out and back? Are you kidding? Leave the house and wear more than a sports bra? I LOLed. The walk breaks were less successful. As slow as I want? I want faster! I do recall that chewing gummy bears tends to make it harder to breathe, and I aspirate on their tiny legs. This time around, I'd like to try chocolate. There's going to be sales, soon. I know my body is capable of running a half marathon, fasted. It's an incentive, but not necessary. Getting it done is the reward. The experiment is rewarding, as well.
I'm doing that thing, you know, the one where you lie to yourself about how "we'll walk after the next driveway" and then you get there and you say "we're fine, we can get to the next tree before we need a break." Well, once I get to the point where I allow the break it all goes the other way "we'll start running again in just a minute" and it's a non-starter. How do I fix my broken brain?7 -
Let us know how/if your race went @hamsterwheel6 and you are right @autumnblade75 3 minutes don't matter, the time doesn't matter - the distance will come and that is what matters right now.
With tomorrow's being cancelled due to the weather I decided to do a HM of my own this morning. It doesn't count as a HM, partly because it wasn't under race conditions and partly as I hadn't mapped it and went too far, but most because you won't normally stop part way for a hair cut 💇♂️!
Time to hunker down for storm Ciara!!11 -
02/02 8km
04/02 5km
06/02 4km
07/02 5km
Total 22km of 70km for February
I had to cut Thursday's run short as I had a delivery I had to get back for and I felt so cheated, I went out on Friday as well. I must keep an eye on this, as I don't want to over-exert myself and get an injury. Friday morning was icy - it's the first time I've had to really watch myself on icy roads and I Do Not Like.
@Avidkeo - I'm so glad you had a great time at the Queen concert. I've seen them live twice with AL and they are amazing!
Goals for the year:
1. Get back down to a decent running weight (currently set at 160lb)
2. Run a sub-60 minute 10K
3. Run at least 4 10K races
Current races planned:
14/06 Lincoln 10K
??/10 Autumn Richmond Riverside Run9 -
TheMrWobbly wrote: »Let us know how/if your race went @hamsterwheel6 and you are right @autumnblade75 3 minutes don't matter, the time doesn't matter - the distance will come and that is what matters right now.
With tomorrow's being cancelled due to the weather I decided to do a HM of my own this morning. It doesn't count as a HM, partly because it wasn't under race conditions and partly as I hadn't mapped it and went too far, but most because you won't normally stop part way for a hair cut 💇♂️!
Time to hunker down for storm Ciara!!
I'm trying not to worry about how long the distance takes - and this isn't my first marathon. I've had exactly ONE totally magical run on the treadmill that lasted 20 miles, and stayed constant at 10:00/mile for the entire run. The trouble is that my brain wants to tell me that I can do that, every time. So, even though last time around 11:00/mile was a very pleasant run for as far as I wanted to go, I pushed for faster every time. And now I'm not even in proper shape to chase 11:00/mile. And then I have some sort of mental block about falling below that 12:00/mile threshold. And I don't know what this is that 11:30 feels like an easy pace until all of a sudden around 10 miles. After 2 hours, if it was an easy pace, it should still be an easy pace, right?
I'm intrigued by the notion of stopping for a haircut in the middle of a run. That sounds Very Spontaneous.5 -
I am totally with you on the 10 miles @autumnblade75 . That is exactly what happened with me. 10-10:30 a mile for 10 miles and then every step seemed so much harder losing 1-2 minutes a mile for the final 3.1 miles. I have been experimenting with jelly sweets and, now I found some at the right price, gels to see what work. The gels are making a difference and I felt like I didn't have to stop. Ignore mile 8 as that was the main incline in the run and there are some variances as I walked to take gels/water though these are my splits today.It seems my body burns the energy it has by 10 miles and unless I replace it the conversion of whatever is in me to energy is just not as efficient. Using gels today there was no drop off.
The haircut was totally spontanious, I have been trying to find time for 3 weeks without success and as I went past a barbers I noticed the chairs were occupied but no queue and just decided to leap in there - result!
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2-1 7k easy + yoga
2-2 11k slow
2-3 7k easy + resistance bands
2-4 rest + yoga
2-5 7k slow + resistance bands
2-6 7k slow + yoga
2-7 rest + resistance bands
2-8 7k easy + yoga
February Total: 46k
February Goal: 140k
January Total: 161k
Partly coludy, mid 20s F with a light breeze from the southeast today. Had about 3 inches of snow yesterday, so today's run was done on roads. Most of the road was clear, with some spots having a little snow on top of frozen slush, so the footing was not all that bad.
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 Pounders7 -
Running every day on a taper down, although, tomorrow is 8 miles. Because of the way Austin Marathon is mapped out, husband and kids will see me at the Start, 6, 12, and Finish line. They're making signs but I won't see them until race day. I'm ready. I AM READY.
If anyone finds or keeps an "easy pace" after hitting over 10 miles, then kudos to you. Running that long would exhaust many and maybe most. It's hundreds, maybe a thousand or more, of calorie burns in distance for a reason compared to a lesser distance; you're body is running longer and it's harder and much more grueling to do. You're fatiguing your muscles, your mind...all of it over several hours if it's a Marathon you're running.
I think it's meant to get more difficult for many reasons...
"People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seemed to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin or consciousnes.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a MAGIC IN MISERY. Just ask any runner." - Dean Karnazes
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@TheMrWobbly I ran a HM on my own the day after my cancelled HM too. But I didn't stop for a haircut. Lol.
Today is my rest day. I just looked at the weather for tomorrow. It will be cloudy and 60°F from 5 am until 10 am when it starts getting even warmer. Thursday I ran in 38°F feels like 31°F and Wednesday it was snowing and 29°F feels like 17°F. Texas weather is truly crazy.7 -
2/1 - 3.1 miles
2/2 - 13.33 miles
27.43 miles for the week (16.43 in February)
2/3 - Weightlifting
2/4 - 2.5 miles
2/5 - 5.5 miles
2/6 - 5 miles
2/7 - 5 miles
2/8 - Warm-up mile, plus fitness barometer 10K (45:22, 7:18/mile)
25.21 miles for the week so far
February To-Date / Target = 41.64 / 129 miles8
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