January 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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Thanks @hamsterwheel6 @Scott6255 @Avidkeo @Tramboman @martaindale @eleanorhawkins and @thisvickyruns
Suunto it is Currently I have a yearning for a triathlon and whilst I may never do it if I don't buy a watch for the task I will only regret it. I didn't realise there were soooo many watches. Reported there is a new Forerunner 955 out in April and the 945 should be cheaper than than the 745 after that launch so I might hang on until then. Should I consider second hand?2 -
@TheMrWobbly I haven't done it, but I considered buying a "renewed" Garmin through Amazon, which is what they call their refurbished models. I've heard good things but no firsthand experience. I ended up getting a new 645 with music when they were on sale for Amazon Prime days though. I think if you are going to want the triathlon model you should get that one. The older models do get a lot cheaper so if you can wait that might be a deal.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
01/02/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
01/03/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 3.3
01/04/21 :::: 3.4 :::: 6.7
01/05/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 9.8
01/06/21 :::: 5.9 :::: 15.6
01/07/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 18.8
01/08/21 :::: 1.5 :::: 20.3
I took the dog out for a walk on the trails and decided I should just run a little bit while I was at it. It was very slow because the trails were icy and the dog was her usual poky, wandering self. Also, I had planned for a walk in the cold, not a run. so I was way overdressed. But anyway, a short jog done.3 -
TheMrWobbly wrote: »Thanks @hamsterwheel6 @Scott6255 @Avidkeo @Tramboman @martaindale @eleanorhawkins and @thisvickyruns
Suunto it is Currently I have a yearning for a triathlon and whilst I may never do it if I don't buy a watch for the task I will only regret it. I didn't realise there were soooo many watches. Reported there is a new Forerunner 955 out in April and the 945 should be cheaper than than the 745 after that launch so I might hang on until then. Should I consider second hand?
I've had 2 refurbished units and both worked fine.
In fact, I think they come with full warranties as well.3 -
It's still raining steadily, the river along the edge of which I like to run has burst its banks (nothing new, happens almost every winter, d'oh). After 3 days off running I'm itching to get out there, looking forward to a nice long run in the morning. My husband needs to shut up telling me to just ride the bike in front of the tv, or I might hit him!
The watch topic discussion has reminded me about the triathlon thing... I really REALLY suck at swimming, but I did start thinking about looking into duathlons a few months ago, then forgot all about it. Hmm.
Did I also read in here somewhere about some formal HM every month challenge? I've been informally doing that since October, would like a proper challenge...
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@TheMrWobbly another vote for Garmin. I've had a 235 and 630 both refurbished from Amazon which worked very well. I upgraded to a new 245 music model a couple of months ago and love it.3
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@eleanorhawkins
this is the half marathon a month challenge that I'm doing that @skippygirlsmom told me about. Not sure if they'll ship internationally.
I signed up for ski school at the same little ski hill I tried out a couple of weeks ago and had my first "lesson" tonight. I went with my running friend who had skied a little but years ago and she was looking for something to do to get out of the house a little more. We were two women in their 40s/50s among a sea of kids, some of whom were literally about knee height to me I swear. We felt really nervous and ridiculous to start but ended up having a great time. They convinced us to try without polls and I was highly skeptical and nervous about it but it was a big game changer for me from the previous attempt. I felt so much more in control not relying on polls I guess. I only fell one time and that was getting off the chair lift, I kind of slid down the hill on my butt.
The lesson itself was pretty minimal and totally not worth it - our instructor was a high school kid who was nice enough but pretty much all he told us was to do the pizza wedge and go for it. I'm not mad about it though, the price for a 6 week school was way cheaper than paying lift fees and rentals and my friend and I have a date on Friday nights for 5 more weeks. Our only regret is that there are no drinks in the lodge after due to COVID. We are hoping that we are both getting vaccinated soon and we can o out and celebrate with drinks after one of our later lessons. And then we're going to have a graduation party at a real mountain.
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January Goal: Hike/Run the "A's" *
1/1: 3.39 Afghanistan, Albania
1/2: 2.41 Algeria, Andorra
1/3: 2.05 Angola
1/4 off
1/5 3.25 Antigua (and Barbados)
1/6 gobsmacked by events
1/7 4.02 Argentina
1/8 2.11 Armenia
Total: 17.23
*So, my New Years resolution is to hike all 193 (or 195 depending on your source) countries of the world this year. This could be difficult, since I don’t have a passport. But YouTube to the rescue! I have been using the site to take train “trips” recently, and have found them strangely motivating. Why not the world?
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Hey all.
Fun day for me. After a frustrating and long night at work last night, I slept like a log. Was up at 7am because I was being race director for our local Park Run! It was great. I was going to do my 7k long run after but by 930 it was very hot, humid and Busy. Also I was tired. So I canned it, went home, and slept for almost 3hrs instead. Definitely needed!
I decided to try the 14 day trial of Hal, and yep already liking it. Its updated my runs based on what my paces actually are, and has moved my long run to tomorrow, and given me a 5k race challenge. I like this.
Of course I waited too long and now the special offer has passed. So if I decide to pay for the full version, it's $95 for a year. Ouch. Its 11 per month, might do that for a couple of months. And hope for another offer.7 -
Hey all.
Fun day for me. After a frustrating and long night at work last night, I slept like a log. Was up at 7am because I was being race director for our local Park Run! It was great. I was going to do my 7k long run after but by 930 it was very hot, humid and Busy. Also I was tired. So I canned it, went home, and slept for almost 3hrs instead. Definitely needed!
I decided to try the 14 day trial of Hal, and yep already liking it. Its updated my runs based on what my paces actually are, and has moved my long run to tomorrow, and given me a 5k race challenge. I like this.
Of course I waited too long and now the special offer has passed. So if I decide to pay for the full version, it's $95 for a year. Ouch. Its 11 per month, might do that for a couple of months. And hope for another offer.
$95 for a year ain’t that bad - I pay $360 every two months for a real life person but doubt it’s 22 times better. Do it. Stick with it. Reap the rewards of an awesome result in October!!2 -
katharmonic wrote: »@eleanorhawkins
this is the half marathon a month challenge that I'm doing that @skippygirlsmom told me about. Not sure if they'll ship internationally.
I signed up for ski school at the same little ski hill I tried out a couple of weeks ago and had my first "lesson" tonight. I went with my running friend who had skied a little but years ago and she was looking for something to do to get out of the house a little more. We were two women in their 40s/50s among a sea of kids, some of whom were literally about knee height to me I swear. We felt really nervous and ridiculous to start but ended up having a great time. They convinced us to try without polls and I was highly skeptical and nervous about it but it was a big game changer for me from the previous attempt. I felt so much more in control not relying on polls I guess. I only fell one time and that was getting off the chair lift, I kind of slid down the hill on my butt.
The lesson itself was pretty minimal and totally not worth it - our instructor was a high school kid who was nice enough but pretty much all he told us was to do the pizza wedge and go for it. I'm not mad about it though, the price for a 6 week school was way cheaper than paying lift fees and rentals and my friend and I have a date on Friday nights for 5 more weeks. Our only regret is that there are no drinks in the lodge after due to COVID. We are hoping that we are both getting vaccinated soon and we can o out and celebrate with drinks after one of our later lessons. And then we're going to have a graduation party at a real mountain.
Thanks @katharmonic I'll have a look.
My family used to go on skiing holidays every winter when I was small, I got dragged along a few times and sent for lessons and they always took our poles away the same way they often teach you to horse ride without stirrups. I remember a teacher told me if I felt out of control to just sit down. I spent all my time on my *kitten* after that!4 -
@TheMrWobbly I am also a Garmin fan, I have a Forerunner 235 and it does everything I need except play music. Refurbed sounds like a great idea!
The triathlon mentions reminded me of a funny tweet I saw recently....
“A shark swims faster than me, but I’m pretty sure I could run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the better cyclist...”
Sad to say I’m so bad on a bike, a shark might well outpace me there too! 😉8 -
ContraryMaryMary wrote: »Hey all.
Fun day for me. After a frustrating and long night at work last night, I slept like a log. Was up at 7am because I was being race director for our local Park Run! It was great. I was going to do my 7k long run after but by 930 it was very hot, humid and Busy. Also I was tired. So I canned it, went home, and slept for almost 3hrs instead. Definitely needed!
I decided to try the 14 day trial of Hal, and yep already liking it. Its updated my runs based on what my paces actually are, and has moved my long run to tomorrow, and given me a 5k race challenge. I like this.
Of course I waited too long and now the special offer has passed. So if I decide to pay for the full version, it's $95 for a year. Ouch. Its 11 per month, might do that for a couple of months. And hope for another offer.
$95 for a year ain’t that bad - I pay $360 every two months for a real life person but doubt it’s 22 times better. Do it. Stick with it. Reap the rewards of an awesome result in October!!
Hmmm good way to look at it. Also, I was going to do the rotorua half, but it's off road. I'm not ready for trails yet. So the $100 id have spent on that can go towards Hal.4 -
eleanorhawkins wrote: »katharmonic wrote: »@eleanorhawkins
this is the half marathon a month challenge that I'm doing that @skippygirlsmom told me about. Not sure if they'll ship internationally.
I signed up for ski school at the same little ski hill I tried out a couple of weeks ago and had my first "lesson" tonight. I went with my running friend who had skied a little but years ago and she was looking for something to do to get out of the house a little more. We were two women in their 40s/50s among a sea of kids, some of whom were literally about knee height to me I swear. We felt really nervous and ridiculous to start but ended up having a great time. They convinced us to try without polls and I was highly skeptical and nervous about it but it was a big game changer for me from the previous attempt. I felt so much more in control not relying on polls I guess. I only fell one time and that was getting off the chair lift, I kind of slid down the hill on my butt.
The lesson itself was pretty minimal and totally not worth it - our instructor was a high school kid who was nice enough but pretty much all he told us was to do the pizza wedge and go for it. I'm not mad about it though, the price for a 6 week school was way cheaper than paying lift fees and rentals and my friend and I have a date on Friday nights for 5 more weeks. Our only regret is that there are no drinks in the lodge after due to COVID. We are hoping that we are both getting vaccinated soon and we can o out and celebrate with drinks after one of our later lessons. And then we're going to have a graduation party at a real mountain.
Thanks @katharmonic I'll have a look.
My family used to go on skiing holidays every winter when I was small, I got dragged along a few times and sent for lessons and they always took our poles away the same way they often teach you to horse ride without stirrups. I remember a teacher told me if I felt out of control to just sit down. I spent all my time on my *kitten* after that!
So I asked them about international and the reply was 'sure, we already have a few folks from England'. But it said somewhere during the sign up stuff that it's 15 dollars for shipping and they're not sure how they will do it. I'm torn, I would really like to do it, but it's quite a lot of money and I'm concerned that when they realise the costs of international shipping they may realise they need to demand more on top to cover it. So, have to think about it for a day or two.
On a similar note, I have yet to receive my RTY stuff which was shipped on 12/12 :-(3 -
1-1 5k treadmill + resistance bands
1-2 5k treadmill + yoga
1-3 6k easy
1-4 7k slow + resistance bands
1-5 5k treadmill + yoga
1-6 7k slow + resistance bands
1-7 6k slow + yoga
1-8 5k treadmill + resistance bands
1-9 6k slow + yoga
January Total: 52k
January Goal: 140k
Sunny, mid 20s F, frosty, with very little wind. Making progress toward my running weight, but not doing well on putting the fun back in the run. It was a tiring slog again today.
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)8 -
First HM of the year. Taking routes with some inclines to build up stamina. Still only running 1/3, walking 2/3rds up the Long Man so need to work on that. Only 1,100 ft climbed but it is a start.
Thank you for being a Park Run director @Avidkeo as we wouldn't get by without you!
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@eleanorhawkins hmm, yeah, I thought $15 for all the shipping was reasonable and they are talking about quarterly shipments of medals. But it does seem that international would ramp that up. Maybe they would do fewer shipments? I hope you can do it if you want to because it is nice motivation. Hope you get your RTY stuff soon too. Shipping was all kinds of screwed up over the holidays. (On another note, I'm horrified to have spelled "poles" wrong in my post a couple of times. Blame brain autocorrect)
@Tramboman not every run is fun, but by doing the slog today you are making the next one more fun
@TheMrWobbly good job on your first HM of the year! 1100 ft elevation only, lol. I chose the flattest route possible for mine today. Also your pace looks really good if you were walking 2/3! I mean, REALLY good.
Date :::: Miles :::: Cumulative
01/01/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
01/02/21 :::: 0.0 :::: 0.0
01/03/21 :::: 3.3 :::: 3.3
01/04/21 :::: 3.4 :::: 6.7
01/05/21 :::: 3.0 :::: 9.8
01/06/21 :::: 5.9 :::: 15.6
01/07/21 :::: 3.2 :::: 18.8
01/08/21 :::: 1.5 :::: 20.3
01/09/21 :::: 13.2 :::: 33.4
I also did my first HM of the year today. It was chilly at 17 F but the sun was out and the trails were completely clear of snow and ice, which is a rare event in January. Two friends who are doing the one HM a month challenge with me, and one friend who was just long for part, started with an out and back or 5 miles. The one friend was done then and we took a quick break to shed a layer (definitely overdressed), get water and stop at the only open restrooms in the park. It was hard to mentally regroup to do 8 more, and to warm up again, but once we got out 4 miles and were heading back, it felt better than expected. I'm glad to have that done for the month!
1/12 half marathons done for 2021 ✅9 -
If anyone hears an update on @quilteryoyo from her caring bridge or facebook let us know. She may not be updating right away I'm sure but thinking of her and hoping that all went very smoothly yesterday!9
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The walking bit was only up the Long Man part which is about 500ft of incline in 1.3 miles of the route @katharmonic though the pace was still good for me 😅. Great HM as well - same again next week?3
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Morning all.
Well today I'm doing a 5k "race" against myself. Hal wants me to do 5k at race pace. I haven't gone race pace in MONTHS. Originally he wanted me to do 5:10 - 5:40 but I'm not confident on that at all given I hardly ever go 6:00 atm, I usually plod around 6:20 - 6:30 atm. Though I admit I'm not pushing myself on those runs. So I tweeked things a bit, and am now aiming for 5:40 - 6:10. Probably more appropriate at this point in my training I think.
Just gonna finisglhy coffee.
Speaking of @runs_on_espresso hope you doing well. We miss you.5 -
Morning all.
Well today I'm doing a 5k "race" against myself. Hal wants me to do 5k at race pace. I haven't gone race pace in MONTHS. Originally he wanted me to do 5:10 - 5:40 but I'm not confident on that at all given I hardly ever go 6:00 atm, I usually plod around 6:20 - 6:30 atm. Though I admit I'm not pushing myself on those runs. So I tweeked things a bit, and am now aiming for 5:40 - 6:10. Probably more appropriate at this point in my training I think.
Just gonna finisglhy coffee.
Speaking of @runs_on_espresso hope you doing well. We miss you.
Have a great "race."2
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