November 2021 Monthly Running Challenge
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Nov total: 21.4/70 miles
11/2: 2.2 miles
11/3: 3.1 miles
11/5: 2.1 miles
11/7: 14 miles
Race report:
I ran the wine and dine half marathon at Disney world today. This was the race I did as my very first HM 2 years ago.
We had lovely weather, with a start around 50 F and very little temperature change over the course of the race. The only downside to these races is how long you have to wait around for the start. Having made the mistake of being underdressed in the past, I wore throwaway sweatpants and sweatshirt on top of my shorts and tank top and was actually really comfortable. The weekend started out really rainy and windy and runners for the 5K and 10K had pretty miserable conditions, so I was very grateful for the wonderful weather today.
I had no intentions of running for a PR today. The style of these races is very fun, but they attracts a lot of people who don't usually run, or at least run this distance. Also, these races tend to attract a lot of first time runners (like me 2 yrs ago). Knowing that, I just sort of fell in with the crowd for the first couple of miles knowing that there would be a lot of people stopping to take walk breaks and it would eventually open up and get moving. I also made an unfortunate choice in stopping for a bathroom break. The line looked short, but everyone was taking forever and I lost several minutes just standing around.
Looking at my splits, the first 5 miles are all over the place. From that point on, I am actually really happy with my pacing, a few seconds a mile slower than my PR pace. I walked the aid stations, which happened slightly less than every mile and a half, and used them to get some water. Even better, those paces did not feel hard. I had a little stiffness in my right calf that worked its way out as I went on, my knees continued to feel good for the entire race, and I never felt completely gassed. I definitely could have run at least a couple more miles and been totally fine.
So, while not a HM PR, it is a rundisney PR! Still faster than my first half-marathon here by 9 minutes, even with all the stops and walking the aid stations. That first HM was hard. I put a lot of effort in and really pushed to get to finish. Today, it was just fun! It makes me so happy to see my progression as a runner over the last couple of years.
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Hey all.
Really late to the month lol.
Have changed my goals again. Haha. I'm working on my 10k time now because I'm a bit over HM training.6 -
@martaindale I love that last photo!!!! Congratulations!0
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I skimmed through the posts. I've been MIA again.
I don't remember when I last posted. Coach started me with strides this week. It was fun to get some speed work in. I got my booster Thursday so I was a little worried about Friday since I had a reaction to my second shot. Other than some fatigue Thursday night and overall muscle soreness, I felt fine! My long run is now at 5 miles (LOL) and today I walked the last mile when I ran into DH and Shadow at the park.
My swag for the virtual Boston cam yesterday and so did my new phone so it was a fun day of checking out swag and setting up phone.
Oh, and next weekend coach has me doing a 2 miles time trial in the middle of my 6 mile long run. 😬
November: 19.26
2021: 947.5 / 10007 -
Nice run @marisap2010 !
Nice work @SummerSkier !
That's cool @Scott6255 !
WOW @sweetdaisy13 ! You did GRRRRREAT! Congrats on your PB.
Congratulations on your Disney PB @martaindale ! You have made a lot of progress over two years. You should be very happy with that. Glad this was a fun race for you. Love the pictures. You sure don't look like you just ran a HM.
Glad to see you back @RunsOnEspresso ! Sounds like you are doing great with the running.
It was a gorgeous day here today, so was actually looking forward to a short run. But, I laid down for a nap and got up too late, so wound up with a mile walk again. I'm hoping to get some running in this upcoming week. You all are inspiring me to just get out there and do it!
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Congrats @sweetdaisy13 on your 50K PB! That is a tremendous effort!
Way to go on your Disney HM @martaindale! Great pictures! I'll bet it was fun.3 -
November 1 – 7.32
November 3 – 5.30
November 5 – 5.60
November 6 – 3.06
November 7 – 7.5
Total – 28.78
It was 55F here at the beach this morning but very windy. Did some yoga after the run, had a facial, walked on the beach (5 miles) and then swam in the pool. Active day!
Well done @kgirlhart! Congratulations!!
Great work @sweetdaisy13! Running for almost six hours and all that elevation gain is amazing!
Congrats on your half marathon @martaindale! I’ve never run a Disney race but I’ve heard you have to get up so early and hang out in the corrals forever. Smart to wear the throw-aways!
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Great half, @martaindale !!!0
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Awesome HM, @kgirlhart ! Congratulations on your AG win!
Wow, @sweetdaisy13 50 km from only running a couple of times a week? I wish I was as fit as you. Respect.
@martaindale Well done on your HM! So glad you enjoyed it! Big medal!1 -
Great job @sweetdaisy13 and @martaindale !!!1
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A lot of big victories this weekend! @kgirlhart Congrats on your pr and Ag win! @sweetdaisy13 Congrats on your 50k PR! @martaindale Good racing! @katharmonic Congrats on your final peak!1
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10k easy run on the Germantown greenway plus enough walking to bring it to 10.5 miles. Literally perfect running weather, I can’t see how it could be better. Trees are finally starting to turn here. I saw a junco and a Tennessee warbler, which haven’t been around since last March! Also hearing white throated sparrows singing Oh Sweet Canada Canada Canada!
My Strava has been super fast the past few runs, today it was calling miles almost a tenth of a mile early which made for some very encouraging times! Uh, no, that easy pace was not actually under 10 minutes, more like 11 something. My husband’s Strava on his watch was about right, his phone was slower. Running MapMyRun on his phone for the calories, so we had three different sets of GPS data for the same run. Over the course of 11 miles my Strava invented an entire extra mile compared to MapMyRun! I have run the area enough to know more or less what was accurate, and my Strava was definitely cray cray. Looking at the maps they seem identical, no weird straight or wandering lines. I wonder what happened.
Which reminds me I read an article the other day which said that a study of runners whose watches had been altered to give artificially fast times in training actually improved more in training than those who were accurate and those who were slow. They were encouraged by their improvement and so they worked harder, while the slow people were discouraged and tended to give up. Hmmm…7 -
@Teresa502 Sounds like a wonderful day was had at the beach yesterday! I'm still impressed that you are so active on vacation.
@rheddmobile Great run and walk. That is interesting about Strava. Who knows why it went cray cray. I hope it gets fixed. Also very interesting about the altered watches and times. I can see how thinking you were improving would make you want to work a bit harder than those who were working hard and getting slower instead. That would make me want to quit too. LOL2 -
@rheddmobile great topic!
I wonder myself since I often run the exact same route why my first or more can be off by .2 etc/ I think the GPS that the devices bounce off might be different and as the earth changes tilt sometimes maybe the GPS your device uses moves to another sat? There is also a dead spot in my neighborhood where XMradio doesn't work so I am sure that is part of it. But I totally agree that when I am running faster I am much more encouraged to keep going than when I think I am working hard and the split looks slow.3 -
11-1 7k easy
11-2 7k easy
11-3 7k slow
11-4 4k slow
11-5 7k sleasy (between slow and easy)
11-6 7k measy (between moderate and easy)
11-7 7k measy
11-8 7k sleasy
November Total: 53k
November Goal: 180k
Sunny, upper 30s F, and no breeze. Just some patchy frost, and the foot bridges were wet instead of icy. Heard killdeers calling, probably for the last time this year, and the witch hazel are getting ready to bloom.
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)
2021 Races:
6/26 Direction Up 5k, Solon, OH 31:48 chip; 31:59 Garmin; 53d overall; 2d male 65 and over
7/17 Run of the Ox 5k, Mantua, OH 32:19 Garmin; 44th overall; 3d place male 60 and over5 -
Happy Monday everyone!
Fell short of my weekly goal by 2.5 running miles, so hoping to make that up this week!
11/1 - 3.2 miles
11/3 - 3.2 miles treadmill
11/5 - 5 miles
11/6 - 11 miles trail running
11/7 - 5 miles treadmill
walked 3.5 miles
27.5/130 November running miles
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Hello Standard Time!
5 miles, all on the forbidden trails.
45.7 out of 165 complete.6 -
4.1 this morning with 3 mile warm up then 6x100m. I love getting speed work in again
November: 23.3
2021: 951.6 / 10006 -
November mileage:
R: 15.5/60
11/1 - 3
11/3 - 4
11/5 - 3
11/6 - 1.5
11/8 - 4
Total shoe mileage: 87
I didn't get my normal 5 mile run in on Saturday because Hubs was out of town and I was flying solo with the kiddo (6). Instead of skipping all together, I let him out to play in the front yard and I ran from the bottom of our cul-de-sac to our garage door and back- which is a hill - 12 times equally 1.25 miles, and I convinced Kiddo to do a quick .25 jog with me. I figured I'd start working on those hills that are going to give me a problem during the race I signed up for in a month. LOL.7 -
8 Nov total 49.82 out of 150 goal. 234.54 left for run the year so need to avg 4.425 the rest of the year to complete on time. Lots of strange technical issues today with my chest polar strap and bluetooth and GPS distancing. Perhaps the planets are aligned in some strange way. On my little 2 mile run, the first mile was off by .05 but it made it up on the way back. No idea what my watch and atmospheric things are playing games. Drives me a little bats sometimes tho. If I let my Apple watch read my heart rate for runs it tells me I am amazing avg over 180 the whole time.... When my chest strap is working I might get to 185 but the avg for a HARD run is usually under 170.
1-Nov 5.03
2-Nov 8.23
3-Nov 5.15
4-Nov 5.03
5-Nov 6.01
6-Nov 8.18
7-Nov 5.01
8-Nov 7.185
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