February 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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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
02/08/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 29.1
02/09/20 :::: 2.1 :::: 31.2
02/10/20 :::: 3.2 :::: 34.3
02/11/20 :::: 3.4 :::: 37.7
02/12/20 :::: 2.4 :::: 40.1
02/13/20 :::: 1.9 :::: 42.0
02/14/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 43.6
02/15/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 47.6
02/16/20 :::: 9.1 :::: 56.7
02/17/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 60.7
02/18/20 :::: 1.4 :::: 62.1
02/19/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 64.8
02/20/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 66.8
02/21/20 :::: 1.7 :::: 68.5
02/22/20 :::: 7.6 :::: 76.0
02/23/20 :::: 4.0 :::: 80.0
This turned out to be a really gorgeous day. Sunny and 50 degrees out this afternoon. I went out early with the dog early this morning for a hike and it was probably 30 degrees, but it was warming up quickly. We hiked about 3 miles and then I decided I needed to just get the run done while I was up and out, so I dropped her off back home and went out again. I was lacking in motivation to go very long, but fortunately I ran into a friend out running when I was about 2 miles in and she joined me. The second half went much better with the bonus of conversation.
I went rock climbing this afternoon and then out for beer and late lunch. I had a really interesting beer that was a Sour IPA "with raw wheat, malted oat, milk sugar, peaches, white chocolate, hibiscus, and almonds." It was good!5 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »So. Tired. Broken sleep is the worst. Oh 5hrs of broken sleep is the worst.
Gonna run when coffee hits. No idea on distance though
Then curl up in bed till 2pm when I have to be at work again. Guh.
@noblsheep glad to see you about
@RunsOnEspresso I'm surprised you are asking! Go, do, have fun!
Not having anything I'm currently training for is making me a little loopy. I feel lost lol
That I understand! Lol and the situation I'm currently in. So I'm just concentrating on getting out every day, and seeing what I can do, and try do a long run each week. Up to 11k long run atm. Hoping to do 13 on Friday.
With that. Went out. Managed 7k.
I think that was all the junk food I gave into yesterday. I caved and had an absolute binge fest. Logged it all. It wasn't pretty. Sigh. Stupid period (totally my excuse and I'm sticking to it).
I'm now going to hang out the washing and see if I can get 1.5hrs sleep. Hey my streak is alive. One positive
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Feb - goal 150k
Feb 1 - 7.2k
Feb 2 - 5k
Feb 3 - 7k
Feb 4 - 4k
Feb 5 - 5.4k
Feb 6 - 9k
Feb 7 - 3k
Feb 8 - 7k
Feb 9 - 4.2k
Feb 10 - 8k
Feb 11 - 4k
Feb 12 - 6.2k
Feb 13 - 4k
Feb 14 - 11.1k
Feb 15 - 5k
Feb 16 - 3k
Feb 17 - 6.3k
Feb 18 - 4.1k
Feb 19 - 5.4k
Feb 20 - 8.1
Feb 21 - 4k
Feb 22 - 8k
Feb 23 - 4k
Feb 24 - 7k
Total: 140.1k
Run streak - 66 days8 -
RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Not having anything I'm currently training for is making me a little loopy. I feel lost lol
I am also someone that needs a plan of some sort. I can’t just “go run” without some sort of structure. So I fool myself into structure by signing up for Runbet games periodically. The one I’m doing now requires 30+ minutes 4 times per week. I picked it because it worked well with my current minimal amount if motivation I can muster and isn’t so difficult of a fitness commitment that I risk injury. The Spring series of my running clinic starts this Wednesday night. I can’t wait. I need structure and schedule and plans.
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Anyone here know or are Jane Dance on Strava?0
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@Avidkeo Hope you're nap helped and you get better sleep tonight. I totally caved and binged today. Can I blame it on having empathy for you having your period? Otherwise, I have no excuse!
@emmamcgarity I like having a plan too. I seem to lose my way otherwise.
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I had a great run this morning. It poured yesterday and last night so everything was fresh and it was nice and cool out. Hobbes and I ran a bit of the trail where we met a lovely golden retriever named Brandy. We let the pups off leash for a few minutes and they romped and played. Brandy's owner said he had never seen her play like that, I guess Hobbes just brings out the puppy in other dogs. At the end though Hobbes didn't want to get back on leash and wanted to follow Brandy into her yard (their back gate opens onto the trail. He kept looking at me like a child who didn't want the fun to end. From there we headed out to the dirt along the river and I saw some really big paw prints in the mud. they came up from the river and disappeared back into the rocks and there were no human prints to go with them so I am thinking a big coyote, although their feet are usually pretty small, or maybe a mountain lion. I took a picture of the tracks to see if I can match them up with something online.
I did notice when I got home some really strange HR numbers and pattern on Strava. At several points, while I was running at a pretty average pace, my HR went from its normal 120ish down to mid 60's then back up again. At another point, still running at an average pace, it went up to 146 which is pretty high for me. I don't know if it is the HR monitor or what. I did put in a new battery last week so it should be fine. I will keep an eye on it though and if it continues go and get it checked.
This next week is supposed to be hot - near 90F by midweek so I am going to set my alarm to get up early and out to run and get to bed early as well. We'll se how that works out.
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
02/08......0.00......27.35
02/09......0.00......27.35
02/10......5.88......33.23 - + Agility Class
02/11......0.00......33.23 - + Strength Training
02/12......5.42......38.65
02/13......5.37......44.02 - Intervals + Strength Training
02/14......2.56......46.58 - 💕💕
02/15......4.19......50.77 - Salinas run
02/16......0.00......50.77
02/17......0.00......50.77 - + Agility Class
02/18......4.61......55.38 - + Strength Training
02/19......3.29......58.67
02/20......0.00......58.67 - + Strength Training
02/21......3.86......62.53
02/22......0.00......62.53
02/23......6.97......69.50
2020 Run the Year Team - 2020 R.I.O.T. (Running Is Our Therapy) 274.11/1000 miles (running and walking)
2020 Planned and Completed Races
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon7 -
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
2/8 – Strength circuit, indoor cycle
2/9 – Walked 7 miles. Didn’t hurt too much and was nice to loosen up a bit.
2/10 – Yoga today, then PT (airrosti ) on the hip.
2/11 – walked 1.7 at Gym ( PT stretch routine) and treadmill/elliptical
2/12 – elliptical/cycle day
2/13 – PT Routine/Treadmill walk 1.5 miles
2/14 – walked 4.4 miles
2/15 – Yoga/gym day
2/16 – 7.1 mile run, with some walking
2/17-3.75 mile walk-flexor was sore!
2/18-4.25 mile run- intervals with walking
2/19: PT circuit/Cycle
2/20: Dreadmill 4.25 miles
2/21: Walked 2 miles
2/22: PT circuit/Cycle
2/23: 7 mile run, with some walking.
Monthly total – 61.25 miles
2/23: Did my Sunday longer run but purposely walked here and there to take pressure off my right hip flexor/ glute. It felt funny….not painful but tighter and different from the left. I’m doing what I can to roll, stretch, ice, roll, ibuprofen, roll…. Still not sure if it’s helping. I am going to give it one more week then throw in the towel and go to a sports med doc and see what’s what. It’s getting old frankly….or maybe I am! 😆😮
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February Goal: 100 Miles
2/2: 10.05 miles
2/4: 6.02 miles
2/5: 2.10 miles
2/6: 3.52 miles
2/9: 10.10 miles
2/10: 6.31 miles
2/11: 6.31 miles
2/13: 6.11 miles
2/16: 10.02 miles
2/19: 2.61 miles
2/20: 3.22 miles
2/23: 7.26 miles
73.62/100 miles completed for February
183.89/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement Pounders
I had a really good 7.25 mile run today. The weather was kind of strange. When I got up my weather app said it was 54°F and sunny, but when I looked out the window it was cloudy. So I headed out and it was chillier than expected and there were actually a few raindrops, but no real rain but also no sun either. I was good in shorts, a t-shirt and sleeves. I wore my mittens too. I do have some issues with raynaud's syndrome so I usually need gloves if it is even in the low 50's. I did find some mittens that fold back and have finger-less gloves and they seem to work really well for me. As it was I wore the mittens for about half the run then folded back the mittens for another couple of miles before taking them off and stuffing them in my belt. The sleeves were pushed down to my wrist before eventually coming off. I felt like it was a good layering strategy.
Today's run was shorter than my long runs have been lately at only 7.26 miles instead of 10, but it was a really good run. After having some pain in my toes last week I decided to make this week a cutback week before starting the training for my May HM. I haven't really been training lately, just running the same 6 mile weekday runs and 10 mile long run on Sunday. I decided to use a Hal Higdon HM 3 plan. It is set up to run 3 days a week, but says if you want a 4th day then use one of the XT days as an easy run so that is what I am planning to do. I'm going to try to stick with the plan and do the speed work too. I'm kind of looking forward to it. I do think that having a plan is helpful. I am going to modify the plan a bit since I will switch up the Saturday long run to Sunday since that fits my schedule better. The run today was really good even though it was kind of short for a long run. It was still my longest run of the week. And I felt really good for the rest of the day.
2020 races:
5/16/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon9 -
emmamcgarity wrote: »RunsOnEspresso wrote: »Not having anything I'm currently training for is making me a little loopy. I feel lost lol
I am also someone that needs a plan of some sort. I can’t just “go run” without some sort of structure. So I fool myself into structure by signing up for Runbet games periodically. The one I’m doing now requires 30+ minutes 4 times per week. I picked it because it worked well with my current minimal amount if motivation I can muster and isn’t so difficult of a fitness commitment that I risk injury. The Spring series of my running clinic starts this Wednesday night. I can’t wait. I need structure and schedule and plans.
I've done a few runbets in the past. I looked at a few but they are all for short times/distance. Plus I take the dog a lot and she can slow me down to put me out of the average pace when she decides she doesn't want to run.
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The weather was beautiful after getting home from being at a swim meet this weekend. I knew it would be tough as we ate out for every meal and pretty much ate like it was a mini vacation. Let’s face it I was still full too from lunch, but wanted to go out while the sun was still shining. To be outside in mid 40’s in Wisconsin in Feb, was so nice. Many people out taking their dogs out for walks and just enjoying the afternoon.
2/2 - 4 miles
2/4 - 2
2/6 - 3
2/9 - 4
2/11 - XT
2/12 - 3
2/13 - 2
2/15 - 5
2/18 - 2
2/21 - 4
2/23 - 5
Total 34 miles/47 goal5 -
So tired! 10k Winter off road series final trail race with my husband at Shelby Farms today. We both survived the mud and chilly rain but ran only a mediocre performance. The final series results aren’t up, but I looked at the numbers and it looks like once you subtract the Grandmaster winner I am tied for 3rd in AG for the series but the tie breaker is who did better at the longer race, so I end up 4th. Ag awards are three deep, so... just missed it! Which is honestly better than I expected, really not in good condition for this one! At this point I’m just pleased to be home, clean, warm and dry. Proper race report later.14
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Ran at the track (intervals from 200-800m) for a total of 9.something km. It was farther than I wanted, but my ride wasn't back yet, so I just kept going. Now that I'm done I realized I didn't have to go to the track this week because I have a race on Sunday. I probably should've done my long run today instead of Thursday. Oops.
February goal 100 miles (stretch goal 200 km)
Upcoming races:
*This weekend - Parkrun on Saturday, then
Sunday, Mar. 1 - Bieg Tropem Wilczym 5889m race (in memory of underground soldiers 1944-1963) in the same place as parkrun, but with a couple side hills, straight up and back down again, thrown in to make the loop longer.8 -
polskagirl01 wrote: »So 2019 is way over but I finally got over to "strartwork" to visualize my year. It connects through Strava and is pretty fun to play around with. So now everyone should go play, and show us your visualizations!2019 Runs
The map view also looks really cool zeroed in on my city, but also makes it too easy to figure out exactly where I live, so I'll keep that one to myself
@polskagirl01 You need a T-shirt with that image on it. " 2019 Runs " Hit up Zazzle and get that added to the back of our MFP Run Group shirt.4 -
02/02 8km
04/02 5km
06/02 4km
07/02 5km
08/02 7km
11/02 5km
15/02 5km
18/02 5km
21/02 5km
23/02 8km
Total 57km of 70km for February
I'm still chasing down that goal - 13km to go now. Unfortunately I'm at a conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, which means both Tuesday (travelling) and Thursday (too tired) is out for running. I'm packing my running gear, and I've got a route in an unfamiliar city plotted for first thing on Wednesday morning, so far so good, but I've got a networking reception and "awards dinner" to negotiate on Tuesday night, so it looks like reaching goal this month is dependant on me resisting too much free wine. This is going to be tough!
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 Run
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Time for a monthly question - What is your all time favorite place that you have run?
I will never be a front of the pack finisher but mine is " Trails" any type of bush trail where you get slapped in the legs and face with branch's. One of my favorite runs is at a local event called Emperor's Challenge where we run ( walk ) over a mountain - across multiple creeks, rocky escarpments, through a pond, across wildberry patch's and boulder gardens, with amazing site lines to the surrounding mountains.
The one advice I give to all novice/rookie runners at the event is if you want to take in the view just step off the route and stop, way to many people take their eyes off the trail and catch a toe on a rock - root and do a hard face plant.5 -
hamsterwheel6 wrote: »So as expected, school and my work both closed today. We got 2 inches of snow. 😐
Ok granted temps are in the 20’s so some icy patches. It’s going to be sunny and 40 today later.
Good thing it’s my rest day.
Hold up...hold on... did I read that correctly? You got two inches and work and school CLOSED?
Lucky... we get 8 inches in one night and the schools get a two hour delay, and work is NEVER cancelled..4 -
2/1 – 8.51 miles
2/3 – 5.13 miles
2/5 – 5.09 miles
2/7 – 5.01 miles
2/9 – 9.01 miles
2/10 – 5.04 miles
2/11 – 5.32 miles
2/13 – 5.14 miles
2/15 – 10 miles
2/17 – 5.44 miles
2/19 – 5.01 miles
2/21 – 5.04 miles
2/24 – 5.12 miles
78.86 miles to date/90 miles goal
Since I began running seven years ago, I can’t remember not running at least one day on the weekend. However, one of my best running friends got married on Saturday and after helping her decorate, baking cookies for treat bags, setting up, tearing down on Saturday and the week leading up, I was just exhausted on Sunday. After church, I spent the afternoon hanging out with my parents in their living room.
It was raining very lightly during my run this morning. I wanted to keep going, but darn work and big girl responsibilities got in the way!
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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
2-9 8.2k moderate
2-10 7k moderate + resistance bands
2-11 rest + yoga
2-12 7k moderate + resistance bands
2-13 7k slow + yoga
2-14 7k slow + resistance bands
2-15 7k easy + yoga
2-16 11k slow
2-17 7k easy + resistance bands
2-18 rest + yoga
2-19 7k easy + resistance bands
2-20 7k moderate + yoga
2-21 rest
2-22 7k moderate + yoga
2-23 7k threshold
2-24 11k slow + resistance bands
February Total: 146.2k
February Goal: 140k
January Total: 161k
Partly cloudy, mid 30s F, and a light wind from the south. One would think I have been running long enough to know better than to do a long day after a speed day, but... Just poundin' that pavement!!!
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 Pounders
2020 races:
4-25 Shine the Light 5k, Twinsburg, OH
5-23 Race for the Parks 5k, Hudson OH
6-20 Freedom Run 5k, Aurora, OH5 -
2/3 1.6 miles C25K Week3Day3
2/17 2.23 miles C25K Week3Day3
2/19 2.54 miles C25K Week4Day1
2/21 2.34 miles C25K Week4Day2
2/24 1 mile...Baby is sick and DH texted that she was inconsolable, so ended early and returned home. I was exhausted from a hard night anyway. Is it better to stick to the run or rest after a sleepless night? Now I am home and baby is asleep next to me but I can’t fall asleep anyway...frustrating!
1. Run the month.
2. Loose 20 pounds in 2020.
March 14-CloudForestSchool 5K
June 13-Helvetia 10K
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2/3 1.6 miles C25K Week3Day3
2/17 2.23 miles C25K Week3Day3
2/19 2.54 miles C25K Week4Day1
2/21 2.34 miles C25K Week4Day2
2/24 1 mile...Baby is sick and DH texted that she was inconsolable, so ended early and returned home. I was exhausted from a hard night anyway. Is it better to stick to the run or rest after a sleepless night? Now I am home and baby is asleep next to me but I can’t fall asleep anyway...frustrating!
1. Run the month.
2. Loose 20 pounds in 2020.
March 14-CloudForestSchool 5K
June 13-Helvetia 10K
Abi
Don't get frustrated.
Listen to your body, react to life, and adjust as necessary.6
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