January 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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@AlphaHowls Do you have an end date for your HM streak?
Beautiful pictures @katharmonic. So, a 4 hour hike is a rest day? Only for you!
Glad your streak is over and you don't have to stress about running after a strenuous hike.
@kgirlhart Nice snowy and cold run! Love your goals too.2 -
Last month's total: 76.7 km
January goal: 151 km
Today I started week 3 of HM training with an easy 5k. I am planning on running the HM on February 4th, and my goal is to complete the distance, not worried about pace. I'm both nervous and excited for my upcoming long runs!2 -
@quilteryoyo wrote: »@AlphaHowls Do you have an end date for your HM streak?
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Not really. I know it will happen eventually, but for now, just one day at a time, one foot in front of the other.
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AlphaHowls wrote: »200 miles minimum goal for January 2021
1/1 26.29 miles, 977 Days on the run, 159 days HM+ streak
Wow! The wind was a bully for this one. Gusts up to 40 mph and almost 70°F.
Thank the Lord for compression hose!
@TheMrWobbly
I am signed up for the challenge.
We can all sit back and relax, @AlphaHowls can do this on her own (you are so inspiring)!
Just kidding. This is going to be fun!
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Woke up nice and early to go on a run, but saw that everything was covered in ice instead of snow. Since I have a past ankle injury that acts up pretty often (torn ligaments) I decided to play it safe and not risk running on the icy roads.
And does anyone have a good phone arm band recommendation? I’m looking to buy one5 -
AlphaHowls wrote: »200 miles minimum goal for January 2021
1/1 26.29 miles, 977 Days on the run, 159 days HM+ streak
Wow! The wind was a bully for this one. Gusts up to 40 mph and almost 70°F.
Thank the Lord for compression hose!
@TheMrWobbly
I am signed up for the challenge.
We can all sit back and relax, @AlphaHowls can do this on her own (you are so inspiring)!
Just kidding. This is going to be fun!
I was just coming here to say this. When I did my run yesterday, the ChallengeHound email said we were like 103 km behind pace, haha.
I was planning to rest today and do a trail 5k "race" like last month (they mark the course and provide medical services and a deposit tent, and you have 3 hours to go time yourself on it)... but the government's Christmas presents [new regulations] meant they had no choice but to cancel even this. I was already planning to run it by myself, so I may just stick to plan. It's not currently illegal to run outside by myself. I found out about the cancelation last night when I went to sign up for the one 2 weeks from now, closer to the place we're moving to. I don't know that area/course yet, and it's a longer drive to get there, so I don't think I'll go run that one until they're actually there with course markings. I really hope these race organizers stay in business. Maybe I'll go check out their online shop. They've got such cute stuff.8 -
Awesome job and medal, @martaindale!
Great job on your race, @Teresa502!
@skippygirlsmom ChallengeHound is acting weird for me too, making me do the sign in and follow links too. I’ve not had trouble with it in the past, so who knows what is going on.
I worked half of the day and then came home to severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings. I ran inside for 2 miles. I’m hoping the weather will cooperate a bit more today when I get home from work so I can run outside.5 -
Hello everyone & Happy New Year. I read back over the posts & they are some great photos and running. I’ve joined the run the world challenge even if I won’t have too much to offer. We r back to yet another full lockdown & it’s a real downer. I feel like Ive have been hibernating since last March & obeying the rules for nothing cos so many r doing as they please.8
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1-1 5k treadmill + resistance bands
1-2 5k treadmill + yoga
January Total: 10k
January Goal: 140k
Upper 30s F, rainy, and windy today, so I did treadmill.
@martaindale Spectacular start to the year and great PR!!
@Teresa502 Fantastic race!!
When you pop in here claiming your December 2021 mileage, what accomplishments will you have made?
PUT THE FUN BACK IN THE RUN!
Return to a good running weight of 175 lbs (second attempt)4 -
Smart decision @libbyralls ! I don't use an arm band. Instead, I have skorts and leggings with deep pockets where I put my phone when running.
@kat_ontherun Which HM plan are you using? You will do great. I understand the nervousness. I was supposed to run my first HM last year, but it was cancelled. I still had all of those feelings though, when I thought it might happen. You can do it.4 -
Well done @martaindale and @Teresa502! Fantastic starts to the year all round and some lovely snowy weather.
@quilteryoyo I’m sorry you had to have that conversation. Try and concentrate on you now, and putting yourself in the best place physically and mentally for your surgery next week. You do and care so much for others but you do need to try and put yourself first now. X5 -
Today was only my second run over 10k since July and boy did it show. It didn’t help I included the local hill climb up the long man however I will take a slow 10 miles with positivity.
Masters will be in International Finance in one form or another.
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I’m going to to aim for 30 miles for the month
02/01 2.38 miles
2.38 of 30 miles7 -
TheMrWobbly wrote: »Today was only my second run over 10k since July and boy did it show. It didn’t help I included the local hill climb up the long man however I will take a slow 10 miles with positivity.
Masters will be in International Finance in one form or another.
That is so cool!!!!! I am going to go look up the long man now.1 -
1/1 - 5.5
2/1 - 6.5
12/60km4 -
@quilteryoyo I'm so sorry about your cousin's diagnosis.
@kat_ontherun I don't use an arm band. They annoy me when I get sweaty. I use a flipbelt. I barely notice it is there and so I love it.3 -
@Teresa502 Congrats on the AG win and good work running the big hill!
@samthepanda Welcome Back! And Welcome to @3greyhorses
@katharmonic Beautiful hike!
I’m so sorry to hear you are having to do this with your family again so soon @quilteryoyo . Here’s hoping your cousin recovers well.
@kgirlhart Pretty pics! I am also looking for 2021 races. I have a HM booked for February and I convinced my brother to do a 10k with me in March in the city where he lives. He used to to triathlons but got busy and fell out of the habit of exercising. As luck would have it, he is looking to train up for a marathon by the end of the year!
@libbyralls Another climber!! No armband recs from me either, sorry. I really hate those things. I, like @quilteryoyo have shorts and leggings with a pocket big enough to hold a phone if I take it with me at all.3 -
@TheMrWobbly No wonder you were slow. That's some hill! You did great. International Finance sounds intriguing.
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January Goal – 100 miles
1/1 – 3.1 (New Year’s Wake Up and Run 5k)
1/2 – 10.07
Thanks for everyone’s comments and the "likes" on my 5k race. You all are so supportive!
I met three friends at 6:00 am this morning for a run. One friend has a marathon next weekend so she only wanted 5 miles today. After we dropped her back by the car we took a hilly loop (nothing like the Long Man however) for another 5 miles. The weather was a lovely 47F.
Challenge Hound recorded my run today but not yesterday’s. Oh well, at least it appears it’s working for me now and hopefully will going forward.
Love everyone pictures and @quilteryoyo I thought the same thing of @katharmonic’s “rest day”!
@Faebert – are you still feeling ok?
Sorry for your rough weather @marisap2010. I have family that lives in Illinois. I was visiting one time and those tornado sirens went off. I freaked out but my aunt took it all in stride.
@libbyralls – I had an arm band once but it annoyed me. Like others I either use pockets or a flipbelt to carry my phone and/or iPod when I run.
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@martaindale Fantastic HM, and that medal is huge!
@Teresa502 Great job on the race, congrats on winning your AG
@katharmonic Stunning photos!
@libbyralls I used to use an arm band - I think just some generic brand off Amazon, but found it either chafed or slipped (not to mention the really bad tan lines it created
). I switched to a SPI belt to keep my phone and much prefer it to the arm band. 4
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