November 2020 Monthly Running Challenge
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@quilteryoyo I have the bathroom dream all the time
@polskagirl01 I'm glad no one will be shooting at you :-)
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@quilteryoyo that is a fabulous picture. I love it. You should frame that one, you look so happy and you're flying!
Oh man, the school-related dreams. I am a professor so that probably contributes to an abundance of class related dreams but I especially get (and hate) the one where I forgot to go to a class all semester and have to take the final. Stress is a funny thing in the brain.
@martaindale looking effortless is a huge compliment, how nice!
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
11/01/20 :::: 5.3 :::: 5.3
11/02/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 8.3
11/03/20 :::: 1.8 :::: 10.1
11/04/20 :::: 3.0 :::: 13.1
11/05/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 16.2
11/06/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 19.3
11/07/20 :::: 13.1 :::: 32.4
11/08/20 :::: 3.3 :::: 35.7
11/09/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 37.2
11/10/20 :::: 1.5 :::: 38.7
11/11/20 :::: 3.9 :::: 42.5
11/12/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 44.6
11/13/20 :::: 7.0 :::: 51.6
11/14/20 :::: 3.6 :::: 55.1
11/15/20 :::: 3.1 :::: 58.3
11/16/20 :::: 2.0 :::: 60.2
11/17/20 :::: 2.7 :::: 62.9
11/18/20 :::: 1.6 :::: 64.5
Well, I set myself up for this, but I skipped out on run group tonight. I really didn't want to take the time when I have a lot to get ready for tomorrow at work. But more importantly my lower back is a bit twingey on top of my all over soreness from the workouts. I did not want to risk speedwork when I knew my gait and alignment are going to be off and my back is already tight. I've been there before and ended up in terrible pain. So taking the safe route I just took Stella out for 20 minutes of running the neighborhood after work with our lighted vests. My back felt perhaps slightly better after running than it had from sitting around all day. Hopefully it's all good in the next couple of days.
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November Goal: 100 Miles
11/1: 11.02 miles
11/3: 4.35 miles
11/4: 4.35 miles
11/7: 13.51 miles
11/11: 4.51 miles
11/12: 5.27 miles
11/15: 8.51 miles
11/17: 6.02 miles
11/18: 6.10 miles
63.64/100 miles completed for November
1239.66/1000 miles for Run the Year Team Pavement
I ran 6 miles this morning. It was a good run. Not quite as chilly as yesterday, but still pretty cool. The sky was clear and there were lots of stars out. I'm glad I had a good run, because the rest of my day kind of sucked. Nothing specific, just lots of stresses. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I haven't had a chance to read the thread today so I think I will try to get caught up and then go to bed.
2020 races:
11/7/20: Run for 57th AHC Half Marathon5 -
Photos were uploaded from the race I did on Sunday. Here's a rare for 2020 finish line photo!10
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Nice easy run in the forest today, 6k total, included a little turn through the abandoned military base
Then [since we found the missing weight selection pin and I have no excuse] I did my little routine on the weight machine. It's been a while, but the thing is sitting there taking up space, I might as well use it!
November Goal - 100 Miles
"40 weeks of 40" - 3 Weeks DONE! /49 weeks left to complete the challenge7 -
Wow, every time I check in here I'm like 100 posts behind! Saw a new face (sorry, I suck at names), welcome, we all started somewhere, don't be daunted by some of the huge and crazy numbers and feats you'll see round here, they're all nice even if they're not entirely human ;-)
@quilteryoyo that is such an excellent photo! Chariot racing in a triathlon sounds very cool :-) I went to school with Ben Cross's daughter Lauren for a while when I was about 11 or so. I vividly remember a sleepover at their house (no Ben, they were separated by then I think) out in the countryside. We walked down a dirt track to a nearby village to buy candy, put lemon juice on our elbows before sunbathing (wth?) and then I couldn't sleep because the house was a huge Spanish cortijo with a fountain in the central patio and the sound it made had me needing to pee ALL night. However, I can barely remember what I had for dinner last night. Guess I'm getting old.
Dad saw the oncology team yesterday. The tumour was grade 3, they're doing 6 weeks of daily radiotherapy followed by chemo. My little half sister told me by message. I want to phone him, but I'm *kitten* at this stuff and will just cry down the phone and that's not gonna help.
So I went out and ran my fastest mile and 2nd fastest 5k this morning instead. Apparently nasty emotions make me run fast(er). Guess if I want that elusive HM PR I need someone to upset me before the race. Funniest thing is yesterday's run was tough and super slow, and at one point I remember thinking maybe I'm just going to get slower and slower until I end up running backwards.
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04/11 2.36 miles
05/11 2.67 miles
07/11 2.36 miles
09/11 2.69 miles
10/11 2.70 miles
14/11 2.04 miles
19/11 3.41 miles
17.45 of 25 miles
I finally got my 5km leg completed today. It did't count the first 1/4 mile. really enjoyed it!
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Thanks everyone who commented on my picture. I thought it was a good one too - love that I'm flying. I probably will frame it.
@katharmonic I hope your back is feeling better today. Sounds like you were smart to skip the group run. Love your finish line photo! It sure is a rare shot for 2020.
@kgirlhart Glad you had a good run. Hope today is a lot less sucky for you.
@polskagirl01 That looks like a great place for a horror movie. Yeah for the good run and weights workout.eleanorhawkins wrote: »Wow, every time I check in here I'm like 100 posts behind! Saw a new face (sorry, I suck at names), welcome, we all started somewhere, don't be daunted by some of the huge and crazy numbers and feats you'll see round here, they're all nice even if they're not entirely human ;-)
Love your childhood memory. There are some things that just make such an impact on us that we remember. Last night's dinner was, apparently, not one of those things. Glad your dad has a plan in place and praying that all goes well. I understand the stress and not wanting to cry on the phone. I'm sure, when you can, he would love to hear your voice. Also, I'm sure if you really want us to, we could figure out a way to upset you on the day of your HM. Just let us know.
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Ran 6 miles this morning. On paper it looked like an easy run, but it felt anything but. Probably just stress.
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@eleanorhawkins I always get a PR on military press after fighting with my mom. It’s like “grr, I can think of fifteen things I should have said...” and whoops, there the weight is in the air!
@quilteryoyo That is a great pic! My mom doesn’t do it anymore but she has done chariot races and some of her friends still borrow her horse for them. They aren’t called that, I can’t remember what the technical name for them is right now. I grew up riding hunter/jumpers and driving is still mysterious to me, but my mom took up driving when she got too old to feel secure riding. The obstacle course is like barrel racing but driving instead of riding. You have a team of people including a driver and people who hang on and lean to keep the carriage wheels on the ground!
We did our 8 mile long run yesterday. It was chilly and we went out way too fast for an easy run - first 5k was 30:04 which is not right considering our recent long runs have been about 11 minute mile pace. Slowed down after that, kept going and finished with no problems. My legs feel a little beat up today though!7 -
11-1 7k treadmill
11-2 rest + resistance bands
11-3 7k slow + yoga
11-4 7k easy + resistance bands
11-5 7k easy + yoga
11-6 7k moderate + resistance bands
11-7 7k moderate + yoga
11-8 7k moderate
11-9 rest
11-10 7k slow + yoga
11-11 7k easy + resistance bands
11-12 7k easy + yoga
11-13 7k easy + resistance bands
11-14 7k easy + yoga
11-15 7k treadmill
11-16 7k slow + resistance bands
11-17 rest + yoga
11-18 7k easy + resistance bands
11-19 7k easy + yoga
November Total: 112k
November Goal: 170k
January Total: 161k
February Total: 167k
March Total: 181k
April Total: 191k
May Total: 200k
June Total: 156k
July Total: 180k
August Total: 172k
September Total: 176k
October Total: 189k
2020 Total through October: 1773k / 177k per month
Sunny, 40 degrees F, and breezy today. One of those tweeners where it's too warm for full winter gear and too windy for less than full winter gear. I always figure that sweating is better than shivering.
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 - Completed 10-11
Stretch goal: If I can average 169k per month, I can run 2020k in 2020
Run the Year Team: Pavement Pounders -- Completed 9-29
2020 races:
9-8 to 9-13 "Virtual Boston with Vincent" Time goal 5:15:00; actual time 4:47:015 -
quilteryoyo wrote: »@Teresa502 let me know there was a good picture of me from the Roan Mountain 10K. First picture I have seen of myself with both feet off the ground - barely. So, I bought it.
That is a great race pic. You look like you're having a wonderful time.
I too get the school dreams. The last one involved me having to go back to high school because somehow I didn't actually get a high school diploma before I went to college. Dream logic. But, anyway I didn't know about it until I had already missed most of the semester. I'm wandering around this huge campus trying to find classes and worrying that I'm about to flunk out. It was super stressful.3 -
@rheddmobile That's so cool that your mom used to do "chariot races." Great job on the long run.
@Tramboman I'm with you...better to sweat than shiver.
@martaindale School dreams do always seem to be really stressful.2 -
rheddmobile wrote: »@eleanorhawkins I always get a PR on military press after fighting with my mom. It’s like “grr, I can think of fifteen things I should have said...” and whoops, there the weight is in the air!
@quilteryoyo That is a great pic! My mom doesn’t do it anymore but she has done chariot races and some of her friends still borrow her horse for them. They aren’t called that, I can’t remember what the technical name for them is right now. I grew up riding hunter/jumpers and driving is still mysterious to me, but my mom took up driving when she got too old to feel secure riding. The obstacle course is like barrel racing but driving instead of riding. You have a team of people including a driver and people who hang on and lean to keep the carriage wheels on the ground!
Wow, small world (sort of). When I left school I actually worked in exactly that for a few years. We called it Marathon Driving here. I got into it after a few nasty falls put me off riding, but not horses. I was the idiot that tried to hang on the back and keep the wheels on the ground, not very successfully as I only weighed about 50 kilos back then (grooms were paid very little, I was 19 and pretty much lived on cereal and cheese sandwiches, and a takeaway pizza once a month on pay day!). On the other hand, I was a dab hand at flying through the air! Good times. I was also the only female on the competition circuits here in Spain in those days, which was, umm, interesting and is probably the reason I'm more confident that I should be when running alone. Enough said. Still good times. I really, really miss horses.
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11/1 – 5 miles
11/2 – 10K Monday
11/3 – 3 miles with Champ
11/4 – rest day
11/5 – 10K
11/6 – 1.6 miles
11/7 – 9.25 Cathedral Caverns 15K trail race
11/8 – 4 miles – with Champ light recovery
11/9 – 3 miles – more recovery quads are screaming
11/10 – 5 miles
11/11 – 7 miles
11/12 – 3 miles with Champ
11/13 – 7 miles
11/14 – 2 miles
11/15 – 6 miles
11/16 – 10K Monday
11/17 – 3 miles
11/18 – 6 miles
11/19 – 3 miles of sniff and run with Champ
85 (88.69) of 120 miles
@kgirlhart I’m sorry you are having lots of stresses.
@katharmonic great finish line photo – hope the back is feeling better
@polskagirl01 I’d love to run through that old base
I love learning all this stuff about you all Chariot races, who knew!
Races:
92.7 of 250 miles Yuletide MadnessMother’s Day Virtual 5K – done
Retro Run Virtual 5K – done
Rona on the Run - Virtual for St. Jude benefit - done
Keep Moving Huntsville - at least one mile a day 1 - 31 May - done
The Big Run - June 3 - done
NEGU virtual run - June - Team NEGU helping support kids with cancer - done
Big Foot Wild Thangs Trail Race 5K/10K – June 20 on the trails…all together like a real race - done
Run 4 on the 4th – Virtual 4 miles on 4th of July - done
ISS Virtual 5K in July – done
Jackalope Trail Run 4 miler – done
Flora-Bama 600K - Virtual race from Huntsville AL to the Florida Alabama state line in Orange Beach – done
Scooby Doo Virtual 10K - done
Skunk Ape 5 miler August 1 trail race in person – done
Pirate Challenge – 10 weeks mile challenge June – August – done
Chupacabra 10K/HM – August 22 - done
Running of the Bulls Virtual 5K – 9/14 – 30/2020 - done
The Pinhoti Trail Challenge 335 miles virtual – 1 Sept to 31 Dec – done
PinkPumpkin 10K – completed 10/30
2020 Liberty Road Challenge WWII soldiers journey from St. Mere Eglisde to Bastogne, Belgium – charity virtual run for the WII museum in New Orleans 716 miles team event 4 July – September – our team has finished
Space Race 400K Challenge 12 weeks running 248.5 miles to the ISS – August to November – done
Bridge Street HM Virtual – 10/24 – 11/7/2020 – virtual done
Halloween 5K virtual with Fleet Feet – 10/31/2020 - done
Yuletide Madness Oct 31 – Dec 31 2020
Oak Barrel Half Marathon – October – running virtual - done
Cathedral Caverns 15K trail race – in person - done
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eleanorhawkins wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »@eleanorhawkins I always get a PR on military press after fighting with my mom. It’s like “grr, I can think of fifteen things I should have said...” and whoops, there the weight is in the air!
@quilteryoyo That is a great pic! My mom doesn’t do it anymore but she has done chariot races and some of her friends still borrow her horse for them. They aren’t called that, I can’t remember what the technical name for them is right now. I grew up riding hunter/jumpers and driving is still mysterious to me, but my mom took up driving when she got too old to feel secure riding. The obstacle course is like barrel racing but driving instead of riding. You have a team of people including a driver and people who hang on and lean to keep the carriage wheels on the ground!
Wow, small world (sort of). When I left school I actually worked in exactly that for a few years. We called it Marathon Driving here. I got into it after a few nasty falls put me off riding, but not horses. I was the idiot that tried to hang on the back and keep the wheels on the ground, not very successfully as I only weighed about 50 kilos back then (grooms were paid very little, I was 19 and pretty much lived on cereal and cheese sandwiches, and a takeaway pizza once a month on pay day!). On the other hand, I was a dab hand at flying through the air! Good times. I was also the only female on the competition circuits here in Spain in those days, which was, umm, interesting and is probably the reason I'm more confident that I should be when running alone. Enough said. Still good times. I really, really miss horses.
Marathon driving! That’s it.
I was too young to be a paid groom when I was really into horses, but I spent a summer as a working student, which mostly involved working out horses for rich people who only rode on weekends, letting out to pasture and feeding, mucking stalls, cleaning tack, and getting up before dawn on show days to braid manes and tails. We were slave labor but it was the best summer of my life!3 -
skippygirlsmom wrote: »@polskagirl01 I’d love to run through that old base
The Marathon Driving discussion is great! I had never even heard of that before. @eleanorhawkins do you have pictures of you doing that?3 -
@polskagirl01 I think I have a few in a box somewhere from dressage days, but none from the obstacles which is the fun part. The competitions were 3 day events, a version of horseback 3 day eventing adapted to carriage-driving: day 1 was dressage, day 2 was cross-country and obstacles and day 3 was basically another obstacle course in a ring, instead of jumps they set out cones and you have to pass between them in a particular order (and direction) without touching them. If you're interested go to YouTube and search for 'marathon driving obstacles' :-)
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So I'm going to fall about 12 miles short of goal if I stick to my plan.
I can either:
Add additional run days (Fridays probably)
Add additional mileage to each day (1.34 per run)
Some combo of the above
I'll have to think on this. I can do more mileage next week (no work!) LOL6
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